Denise Guénard Explained

Denise Guénard
Birth Date:13 January 1934
Birth Place:Saint-Maurice-le-Girard

Denise Guénard (born Laborie; 13 January 1934 – 23 May 2017 at Saint-Maurice-the-Girard (Vendée) was a French athlete who specialized in the combined events.

Biography

She won the silver medal in the pentathlon during the 1962 European Athletics Championships, at Belgrade, with a total of 4,735 points, beaten that day by the Soviet Galina Bystrova.[1]

Guénard was an extremely versatile athlete since she won a total of 20 individual events at 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.

Guénard died on 23 May 2017, aged 83.[2]

Awards

Notes and references

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Résultats des championnats d'Europe de 1962. todor66.com. 17 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140522232428/http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1962/Women_Pentathlon.html. 22 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Denise Guénard nous a quittés. 24 May 2017. Athle. fr. 27 May 2017.