Marie-José Pérec (born 9 May 1968 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) is a French track and field athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 meters, and a triple Olympic champion.
Pérec was World Champion in the 400 m in Tokyo and 400 m champion at the Barcelona Olympics. Four years later she entered in the 200 m at the Olympics in Atlanta winning both events, achieving the 200/400 m double gold medal. She won the 400 m in the Olympic record time of 48.25 seconds.
In addition to the Olympic and World titles, Pérec also won the European Championship 400 m individual and 4 x 400 m relay titles in Helsinki in 1994.
The 1996 two Olympic titles were Pérec's last international titles. She did not compete in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She claimed to have been harassed by the Australian press since her arrival in Sydney.[1]
Marie-José Pérec gave birth to her first baby, her son, on 30 March 2010.
She is today a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club,[2] a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.[3]
[edit] Personal bests
| Event |
Time (seconds) |
Wind (m/s) |
Date |
Venue |
All-time ranking |
| 100 m |
10.96 |
+1.2 |
27 July 1991 |
Dijon, France |
43rd (15th) |
| 200 m |
21.99 (FR) |
+1.1 |
2 July 1993 |
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France |
21st (9th) |
| 400 m |
48.25 (FR), (OR) |
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29 July 1996 |
Atlanta, Georgia |
3rd (3rd) |
| 400 m hurdles |
53.21 (FR) |
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16 August 1995 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
20th (6th) |
- Rankings outside the brackets are world rankings.
- Rankings inside the brackets are European.
- FR = French record
- OR = Olympic record
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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- 1969: Great Britain (Stirling, Lowe, Simpson, Board)
- 1971: East Germany (Kühne, Lohse, Seidler, Zehrt)
- 1974: East Germany (Rohde, Dietsch, Handt, Streidt)
- 1978: East Germany (Marquardt, Krug, Brehmer, Koch)
- 1982: East Germany (Siemon, Busch, Rübsam, Koch)
- 1986: East Germany
- 1990: East Germany (Derr, Hesselbarth, Müller, Breuer)
- 1994: France (Landre, Elien, Dorsile, Pérec)
- 1998: Germany (Feller, Rohländer, Rieger, Breuer)
- 2002: Germany (Ekpo-Umoh, Rockmeier, Marx, Breuer)
- 2006: Russia (Pospelova, Ivanova, Zaytseva, Veshkurova)
- 2010: Russia (Firova, Kapachinskaya, Krivoshapka, Ustalova)
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Perec, Marie-Jose |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Athletics (sport) competitor, sprinter, 400 metres runner |
| Date of birth |
9 May 1968 |
| Place of birth |
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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France
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