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Colette Besson

1946 - 2005

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colette Besson is the 680th most popular athlete (down from 572nd in 2019), the 4,230th most popular biography from France (up from 4,317th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Colette Besson ranks 680 out of 6,025. Before her are Tore Sjöstrand, Charles Bacon, Arnie Robinson, Rita Kühne, Jay Cutler, and Hans Günter Winkler. After her are Veronica Campbell-Brown, Johan Jarlén, Arthur Jonath, Edwin Mills, Dumitru Pârvulescu, and Stanisław Kowalski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Colette Besson ranks 460. Before her are Neil Campbell, Nikolai Burlyayev, Robert Sara, Vladimir Solovyov, Carolyn Maloney, and Mark L. Lester. After her are Gailard Sartain, Galina Starovoytova, Zinaida Turchyna, John Piper, Dieter Herzog, and Kim Yong-chol. Among people deceased in 2005, Colette Besson ranks 217. Before her are Frank Gorshin, Cliff Allison, Julián Marías, Eugene McCarthy, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Vladimir Kotelnikov. After her are Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Michalina Wisłocka, Donald Watson, Attilâ İlhan, Natalya Meklin, and Audrey Brown.

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In France

Among people born in France, Colette Besson ranks 4,230 out of 6,770. Before her are Jules Koundé (1998), Florence Devouard (1968), Fernand Courty (1862), Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904), Louis Henri Boussenard (1847), and Ernest Labrousse (1895). After her are Dominique Lavanant (1944), Bernard Heuvelmans (1916), Chantal Lauby (1948), Michel Félix Dunal (1789), Sylvie Guillem (1965), and Andrée Brunet (1901).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Colette Besson ranks 33. Before her are Joseph Alzin (1893), Émile Delchambre (1875), Jean Cau (1875), Jean Bouin (1888), André Gaudin (1874), and Henri Deloge (1874). After her are Jacqueline Mazéas (1920), Eugène Balme (1874), Henri Tauzin (1879), Géo André (1889), Henri Hérouin (1876), and Jacques Sautereau (1860).

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