Patrick Abada (born 20 March 1954 in Paris) is a retired Frenchpole vaulter and Olympian, having competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] His best vault was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels. As of August 2001, that mark was the 126th best pole vault of all time.[2] He represented France in pole vaulting 25 times between 1973 and 1985.
^Afrique-Asie, Issues 178-190: Sports, Société d'Éditions Afrique, Asie, Amérique Latine, 1979, p. 414, Les Jeux méditerranéens vont s'ouvrir à Alger, quand on apprend que le perchiste français Patrick Abada a émis le souhait de ... La vérité est pourtant toute simple : Abada est d'une vieille famille algéroise (d'origine turque) dont de ....