Florence Picaut

French athlete

Florence Picaut (born 25 October 1952 in Paris) is a French athlete (1 m 67, 56 kg), and a specialist in heptathlon, from the club at Stade Français from 1974 (at CS Blanc-Mesnil from 1967 to 1973).

Honours

  • 48 selections for France A, from 1969 to 1984 (and 5 for juniors)
  • French record holder for heptathlon eight times up to 1981, and twice in 1982 with 5899 pts
  • Gold medal in pentathlon at the Mediterranean Games 1979
  • Or French champion in heptathlon seven times, in 1974, and from 1978 to 1983
  • Or French high jump champion 1978
  • Or French long jump champion 1980
  • Or French modern pentathlon champion 1982
  • Silver medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the Mediterranean games 1979
  • Bronze Bronze medallist in pentathlon at European Junior Championships 1970
  • Olympic finalist in pentathlon 1980 and 1984

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florence Picaut". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012.
  • Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, ed. (2003), Docathlé 2003, pp. 44–45, 119, 148, 166, 178, 426, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3
  • Butler, Mark (2005), IAAF (ed.), IAAF Statistics Handbook: Helsinki 2005, p. 196


Sporting positions
Preceded by
France Marie-Christine Debourse
Women's French National Champion
1978
Succeeded by
France Véronique Dumon


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Mediterranean Games champions in women's heptathlon
A women's pentathlon was held at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
  • 1979: Florence Picaut (FRA)
  • 1983: Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)
  • 1987: Nacèra Zaaboub (ALG)
  • 1991: Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (ALG)
  • 1993–1997: Nathalie Teppe (FRA)
  • 2001: Anzhela Atroshchenko (TUR)
  • 2005: Marie Collonvillé (FRA)
  • 2009: Not held
  • 2013: Yasmina Omrani (ALG)
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