Gabrielle Meyer Explained

Gabrielle Meyer
Birth Date:10 May 1947
Birth Place:Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Death Date:[1]
Club:Toulouse UC

Gabrielle Meyer (married name is Morère) (10 May 1947  - 18 November 2018) was a French athlete, who specialised in sprinting.

Biography

Meyer won five champion of France (fr) titles, three in the 100 metres in 1965, 1966 and 1967, and two in the 200 metres in 1965 and 1966. In 1967, she won the gold medal in the 200m and the silver medal in the 100m during the Summer Universiade at Tokyo. In October 1967, in Mexico City, she equaled France's 200m record (fr) from Catherine Capdevielle in 23.7s. She participated in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 100m, she took eighth in the 4 × 100 m relay. She was selected 18 times for France.

Prize list

Date! scope="col"
CompetitionLocationResultEventPerformance
1967Summer UniversiadeTokyo2nd100 m11.7s
1st200 m23.8s
1968Olympic GamesMexico8th4 × 100 m Relay44 s 2
1969European ChampionshipsAthens5th200 m23.7s
4th4 × 100 m Relay44.6s

National

Records

Event! scope="col"
PerformanceLocationDate
100 m11.55s1967
200 m23.66s1967

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://bases.athle.fr/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=475251484950465346535049 Profile of Gabrielle Meyer