Key facts
- Born
- 7 April 1946, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne , France
- Died
- 9 August 2005 (aged 59), Angoulins , France
- Height
- 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 58 kg (128 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- 200 m, 400 m, 800 m
- Club
- Bordeaux EC
- Personal best s
- 200 m – 23.4 (1969), 400 m – 51.79 (1969), 800 m – 2:03.3 (1971)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
- Place of death
- Angoulins
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 58
- Image
- Colette Besson 1968.jpg
- Height
- 169
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- Commons category
- Colette Besson
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1946-04-07
- date of death
- 2005-08-09
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Colette Besson
- birth name
- Colette Henriette Besson
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Encyclopedic overview
Colette Besson (7 April 1946 – 9 August 2005) was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Athletic career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colette Besson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.