Denise Guénard

Denise Guénard

Personal information
Nationality	France
Born	13 January 1934 (1934-01-13) (age 90) Saint-Maurice-le-Girard
Sport
Event	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.

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

• Silver medal in the European championships for the pentathlon in 1962
• Champion of France in 80 metre hurdles: 1954 ,1955,1960, 1961, 1962 and 1965
• France champion in the high jump: 1953, 1964
• France champion in the long jump: 1965 and 1966
• Champion of France in the discus throw:1959
• French champion in the pentathlon: 1953,1954,1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968
• Participation in three Olympics: 1952, 1960 and 1964 (8th in the 4 × 100 meter women's relay in Tokyo); and in three European Championships: 1954 (4th in the 80 hurdles), 1962, and 1966 (8th in Pentathlon) .

notes and references

* Revus athlétisme L'Équipe Magazine, n^o 24 4 December 1970

• Wallechinsky, David (1988), The Complete Book of the Olympics, p. 151, ISBN 0-14-010771-1
• Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (2003), Docathlé 2003, pp. 118, 176, 413, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3

External links

• (en) Olympic profile Denise Guénard sure sports-reference.com