Denise Guénard

Denise Guénard
Personal information
Nationality  France
Born 13 January 1934 (1934-01-13) (age 82)
Saint-Maurice-le-Girard
Sport
Event(s) Pentathlon

Denise Guénard, born Laborie the January 13 1934 at Saint-Maurice-the-Girard (Vendée), is a former French athlete, who specialized in the combined events.

Biography

She won the silver medal in the pentathlon during the the 1962 European Athletics Championships, at Belgrade, with a total of 4,735 points, beaten that day by the Soviet Galina Bystrova.[1]

Denise was an extremely versatile athlete since she won a total of 20 individual event French National championships in five different disciplines: the 80 metres hurdles, the High Jump, the Long Jump, the Discus throw, and the Pentathlon.

She was selected 47 times for French national athletic teams.

prize list

notes and references

* Revus athlétisme L'Équipe Magazine, no 24 4 December 1970

  1. "Résultats des championnats d'Europe de 1962". todor66.com. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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