domenech qualified for the french squad in the men's long jump at the 2004 summer olympics in athens by successfully jumping an olympic a-standard of 8.28 m from the lyon-parilly athletics meet in vénissieux. during the prelims, domenech spanned his opening legal jump at 7.56 m, until he smoothly extended it to 7.73 m on his second attempt. since his third leap produced a cautious foul, domenech finished only in twenty-eighth out of forty-one athletes, and did not advance past the qualifying round.