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Denise Guénard

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Nationality
  
France

Event
  
Pentathlon

Born
  
13 January 1934 (age 83) (
1934-01-13
)
Saint-Maurice-le-Girard

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.

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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.

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

  • 02 ! Silver medal in the European championships for the pentathlon in 1962
  • 01 ! Champion of France in 80 metre hurdles: 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1965
  • 01 ! France champion in the high jump: 1953, 1964
  • 01 ! France champion in the long jump: 1965 and 1966
  • 01 ! Champion of France in the discus throw:1959
  • 01 ! 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) .

    • References

    Denise Guénard Wikipedia
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