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Marie Françoise Dubois

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Nationality
  
French

Height
  
1.66 m

Years active
  
1970s

Event
  
Middle-distance running

Born
  
25 March 1948 (age 68) (
1948-03-25
)
Lille

Marie-Françoise Dubois (born Fourcroy on March 25, 1948 at Lille) is a former French athlete, who specialized in the middle distances.

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Biography

She won three Outdoor Athletic Championships: the 400 m in 1975, the 800 m in 1977 and the 1 500 m in 1974. She also won three French Indoor Athletic Championship titles in the 800 m.

She improved three times the French 800m record and also improved four times the record for the 1,500 m. In the 800 m, she was the first French female athlete to dip under two minutes (1:59.9 in 1974 in Rome). She also established other records for France in the 1,000 m and for the 4 × 800 m Relay.

She finished fourth in the 800 m during the 1974 European Athletics Championships in Rome.

National

  • French Championships in Athletics  :
  • winner of the 400m 1975
  • winner of the 800m 1977
  • winner of 1500 m 1974
  • References

    Marie-Françoise Dubois Wikipedia