Caroline Fournier (born 7 May 1975) is a retired

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athlete who competed in the discus and

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. She represented her country at the

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in Sydney without reaching the final. She was a two-time African champion in the hammer throw and was also a gold medallist at the

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. Fournier also was twice runner-up in the discus at the African Championships and once runner-up in the hammer. She has personal bests of 51.54 metres in the discus and 62.06 metres in the hammer, both set in 1996. Both results are also standing Mauritian records.

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* 1975 births Living people Mauritian hammer throwers Mauritian discus throwers Female hammer throwers Female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Mauritius Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Mauritius Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Mauritian female athletes African Games gold medalists for Mauritius African Games bronze medalists for Mauritius African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Mauritius Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games {{Mauritius-athletics-bio-stub