Florence Pétry-Amiel (born 29 September 1942, at

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), is a former French

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who specialized in the High Jump.

Biography

Florence-Petry Amiel was ninth in the High Jump competition at the

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. She was also champion of France in the

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Notes and references

External links

* Olympic profile fo
Florence Pétry-Amiel
on ''sports-reference.com'' 1942 births Living people French female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France {{France-highjump-bio-stub