1946 - 2005
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
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colette Besson has received more than 44,986 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Colette Besson is the 407th most popular athlete (down from 387th in 2019), the 3,969th most popular biography from France (down from 3,672nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Athlete.
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Among athletes, Colette Besson ranks 407 out of 3,059. Before her are Fauja Singh, Lajos Steiner, Jonni Myyrä, Bobby Morrow, István Somodi, and Bud Houser. After her are Percy Williams, Patrik Sjöberg, Kazım Ayvaz, Nils Hellsten, Gergely Kulcsár, and Igor Nikulin.
1911 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 401
1903 - 1975
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 402
1892 - 1955
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 403
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 404
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 405
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 406
1946 - 2005
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 407
1908 - 1982
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 408
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 409
1938 - 2020
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 410
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 411
1934 - 2020
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 412
1960 - 2021
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 413
Among people born in 1946, Colette Besson ranks 421. Before her are Luis Puenzo, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Reggie Jackson, Daryl Hall, Daniela Hodrová, and Yuko Shimizu. After her are Galina Starovoytova, Roselyne Bachelot, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Andy Bown, Jüri Tarmak, and Marc Forné Molné. Among people deceased in 2005, Colette Besson ranks 210. Before her are Netti Witziers-Timmer, Cliff Allison, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Kihachi Okamoto, Shirley Chisholm, and Larry Collins. After her are Eugenia Charles, Jack Colvin, Fabrizio Meoni, Joe Ranft, Johnny Haynes, and Jean Cayrol.
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 415
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 416
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 417
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 418
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 419
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 420
1946 - 2005
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 421
1946 - 1998
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 422
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 423
1946 - 1994
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 424
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 425
1946 - 2022
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 426
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 427
1923 - 2005
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 204
1932 - 2005
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 205
1927 - 2005
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 206
1924 - 2005
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 207
1924 - 2005
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 208
1929 - 2005
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 209
1946 - 2005
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 210
1919 - 2005
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 211
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 212
1957 - 2005
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 213
1960 - 2005
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 214
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 215
1911 - 2005
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 216
Among people born in France, Colette Besson ranks 3,969 out of 6,011. Before her are Pierre Emmanuel (1916), Ludivine Sagnier (1979), Louis Vicat (null), Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855), Eugène Chaboud (1907), and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1985). After her are René Girard (1954), Edmund Dulac (1882), Émile Coste (1862), Gabriel Bibron (1805), Valérie Lemercier (1964), and Roselyne Bachelot (1946).
1916 - 1984
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 3,963
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 3,964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 3,965
1855 - 1904
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 3,966
1907 - 1983
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 3,967
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 3,968
1946 - 2005
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 3,969
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 3,970
1882 - 1953
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 3,971
1862 - 1927
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,972
1805 - 1848
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,973
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,974
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 3,975
Among athletes born in France, Colette Besson ranks 11. Before her are Joanni Perronet (1877), Jean Collas (1874), Charles Blondin (1824), Jean Bouin (1888), Géo André (1889), and Albert Ayat (1875). After her are Renaud Lavillenie (1986), Joseph Alzin (1893), Jacques Noël (1920), Jacques Sautereau (1860), Martin Fourcade (1988), and Guy Drut (1950).
1877 - 1950
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 5
1874 - 1928
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 6
1824 - 1897
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 7
1888 - 1914
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 8
1889 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 9
1875 - 1935
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 10
1946 - 2005
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 11
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 12
1893 - 1930
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 13
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 14
1860 - 1936
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 15
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 17