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. Prior...
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politician Colette Baron-Reid (born 1958), Canadian spiritual medium Colette Besson (1946–2005), French athlete Colette Bonheur (real name: Colette Chailler...
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Benno Besson (1922–2006), Swiss actor and film director Corbyn Besson, American singer Colette Besson (1946–2005), French athlete Éric Besson (born 1958)...
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by improving the preceding mark previously held by the Frenchwomen Colette Besson and Nicole Duclos with 51.0 (electronically timed as 51.02) at the age...
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Packer Great Britain Judy Amoore Australia 1968 Mexico City details Colette Besson France Lillian Board Great Britain Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union...
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Packer Great Britain Judy Amoore Australia 1968 Mexico City details Colette Besson France Lillian Board Great Britain Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union...
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72 Nicole Duclos France Athens, Greece 18 September 1969 51.7 51.74 Colette Besson France Athens, Greece 18 September 1969 51.0 51.02 Marilyn Neufville...
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straight. She looked certain to win but was caught just before the line by Colette Besson of France and beaten into second place by a mere 0.09 seconds. Setting...
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studies in Bonneville (Haute Savoie), and later in Geneva, with Magda Fonay-Besson. She completed her training at the Paris Opéra-Studio with René Koster and...
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Athletics, 3000 metres hurdles Jack Pani (M) — Athletics, Long jump Colette Besson (W) — Athletics, 400 metres Marie-Chantal Demaille (W) — Fencing, Individual...
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(FRG) 1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE) 1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS) 1969: Colette Besson (FRA) 1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR) 1971: Vera Popkova (URS) 1972: Christel...
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April 6 – Paul Beresford, British-New Zealander politician April 7 Colette Besson, French track and field athlete (d. 2005) Léon Krier, Luxembourgian...
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producer 1946 – Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player 1946 – Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005) 1946 – Herménégilde Chiasson,...
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ancestor of Canadian Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau and Justin Trudeau Colette Besson, sprinter Victor Henri, physical chemist and physiologist Saint Louis...
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(FRG) 1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE) 1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS) 1969: Colette Besson (FRA) 1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR) 1971: Vera Popkova (URS) 1972: Christel...
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Boyle Australia 22.74 Jenny Lamy Australia 22.88 400 metres details Colette Besson France 52.03 Lillian Board Great Britain 52.12 Natalya Pechonkina...
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France Colombes 1969-07-06 Michele Mombet, Éliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos, Colette Besson 3:33.9 West Germany West Germany Piraeus 1969-09-19 Christa Czekay...
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(FRG) 1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE) 1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS) 1969: Colette Besson (FRA) 1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR) 1971: Vera Popkova (URS) 1972: Christel...
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European Athletics Championships alongside Éliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos and Colette Besson. The French team went faster than the world record in the discipline...
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on Aurelia Pentón in lane 2. In lane 4, Jarvis Scott did the same to Colette Besson in lane 5 who was passing Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen in 6. On the backstretch...
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European Athletics Championships. In the 400 m final she edged compatriot Colette Besson at the line by two hundredths to win the gold medal in a world record...
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(FRG) 1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE) 1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS) 1969: Colette Besson (FRA) 1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR) 1971: Vera Popkova (URS) 1972: Christel...
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Compoint Porte de Clignancourt Diane Arbus Porte de la Chapelle Colette Besson Porte d'Aubervilliers Rosa Parks Canal Saint-Denis Canal Saint-Denis...
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Packer Great Britain Judy Amoore Australia 1968 Mexico City details Colette Besson France Lillian Board Great Britain Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union...
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Boyle Australia 22.74 Jenny Lamy Australia 22.88 400 metres details Colette Besson France 52.03 Lillian Board Great Britain 52.12 Natalya Pechonkina...
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2006) 2 March – Paul-Henri Nargeolet, explorer (died 2023) 7 April – Colette Besson, Olympic athlete (died 2005) 13 May – Jean Rondeau, motor racing driver...
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archaeologist, and culturologist. Ilse Werner, 84, German actress, pneumonia. Colette Besson, 59, French athlete and Olympic 400m champion runner, lung cancer. Dorris...
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Monique Noirot 1967: Monique Noirot 1968: Colette Besson 1969: Nicole Duclos 1970: Éliane Jacq 1971: Colette Besson 1972: Nicole Duclos 1973: Chantal Leclerc...
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1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910–1914, 1920–1924, 1926) Salle Colette Besson Complexe Sportif de Brequigny Salle Lauga Stade Antoine Lovera Stade...
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(FRG) 1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE) 1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS) 1969: Colette Besson (FRA) 1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR) 1971: Vera Popkova (URS) 1972: Christel...
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