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Marie France van Helden

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Height
  
1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

Name
  
Marie-France Helden

Club
  
CEPG Paris

Sport
  
Speed skating

Weight
  
57 kg (126 lb)


Born
  
30 September 1959 (age 64) (
1959-09-30
)
Cannes, France

Marie-France van Helden (née Vives; born 30 September 1959) is a retired French speed skater. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in 500 m and 3000 m and finished in 27th and 24th place, respectively. In 1980 she married Hans van Helden, a Dutch speed skater who later changed his nationality to French.

Personal bests:

  • 500 m – 42.49 (1988)
  • 1000 m – 1:25.7 (1986)
  • 1500 m – 2:11.64 (1986)
  • 3000 m – 4:32.44 (1988)
  • 5000 m – 8:14.31 (1987)

    • References

    Marie-France van Helden Wikipedia
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