He won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in Birmingham, England.

Outside of competitions he formed a show with Vincent Purkart that demonstrated table tennis tricks and exhibitions, which made more than 4,000 performances.

Jacques Secrétin was born on 18 March 1949 at Carvin, in a mining region of northern France.

[4][5] He won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Claude Bergeret at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in Birmingham.

[9][10] At the time of his death he was still active in table tennis and was scheduled to compete in the veterans world championships in spring 2021.