Birth Place: | Port-Valais, Switzerland |
Height: | 1.76m (05.77feet) |
Weight: | 61kg (134lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 100 m, 200 m |
Club: | CS Le Mouret, Stade Lausanne |
Pb: | 100 m – 10.42 (1970) 200 m – 20.50 (1969) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Philippe Clerc (born 24 December 1946) is a former Swiss sprinter who won a bronze and a gold medal in the 100 and 200 m at the 1969 European Athletics Championships, respectively. He competed in these events at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.[1] He was married to English sprinter Janet Simpson, who died of a heart attack on 14 March 2010.[2]