Denise Guénard
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 France |
| Born |
13 January 1934 (age 82) Saint-Maurice-le-Girard |
| Sport | |
| Event(s) | Pentathlon |
Denise Guénard, born Laborie the January 13 1934 at Saint-Maurice-the-Girard (Vendée), is a former French athlete, who specialized in the combined events.
Biography
She won the silver medal in the pentathlon during the 1962 European Athletics Championships, at Belgrade, with a total of 4,735 points, beaten that day by the Soviet Galina Bystrova.[1]
Denise was an extremely versatile athlete since she won a total of 20 individual event French National championships in five different disciplines: the 80 metres hurdles, the High Jump, the Long Jump, the Discus throw, and the Pentathlon.
She was selected 47 times for French national athletic teams.
prize list
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Silver medal in the European championships for the pentathlon in 1962 -
Champion of France in 80 metre hurdles: 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1965 - France champion in the high jump: 1953, 1964
- France champion in the long jump: 1965 and 1966
- Champion of France in the discus throw:1959
- French champion in the pentathlon: 1953,1954,1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968
- Participation in three Olympics: 1952, 1960 and 1964 (8th in the 4 × 100 meter women's relay in Tokyo); and in three European Championships: 1954 (4th in the 80 hurdles), 1962, and 1966 (8th in Pentathlon) .
notes and references
* Revus athlétisme L'Équipe Magazine, no 24 4 December 1970
- ↑ "Résultats des championnats d'Europe de 1962". todor66.com. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- Wallechinsky, David (1988), The Complete Book of the Olympics, p. 151, ISBN 0-14-010771-1
- Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (2003), Docathlé 2003, pp. 118, 176, 413, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3
External links
- (en) Olympic profile Denise Guénard sure sports-reference.com
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