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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

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

Among athletes, Colette Besson ranks 407 out of 3,059Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Colette Besson ranks 421Before 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 210Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Colette Besson ranks 3,969 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Colette Besson ranks 11Before 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).