Nationality French Event 100 metres hurdles | Years active 1987-1991 | |
Born 4 December 1965 (age 51) ( 1965-12-04 ) Annecy | ||
Florence Colle (born December 4, 1965 in Annecy) is a French former track and field athlete, who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles. She placed fifth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and was sixth at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. She had also been a semi-finalist at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. Her personal best was 12.73 seconds, set in 1991.
She was a two-time French national champion, winning the 100 m hurdles in 1987 and the long jump in 1989. Amongst her other successes, she was the inaugural long jump champion at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie and a hurdles bronze medallist at the 1987 Summer Universiade.
Following her retirement from the sport she became a physician. A doctor, she chose the speciality of physical medicine and rehabilitation. She started up the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service of the Sainte-Anne Hospital (Paris) after having done her clinic training under Prof. Yelnik of Hôpital Fernand Widal. Colle was interviewed on the news show of France 2, "13 heures", on October 29, 2009, as part of the 7th World Day of Stroke.