Marie Collonvillé (born 23 November 1973 in
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
) is a French
heptathlete
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
.
She was the first-ever
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
-recognised world record holder in the women's
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in
Talence
Talence (, ; oc, Talança, ; ca, Talença, ) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side. It is ...
on 26 September 2004 was broken by
Austra Skujytė
Austra Skujytė (born 12 August 1979 in Biržai) is a retired Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8358. ...
on 15 April 2005.
She was a regular competitor at the annual
Hypo-Meeting
The Hypo-Meeting is an annual athletics (sport), athletics competition that takes place in the Mösle stadium in Götzis in Vorarlberg (Austria) held in the spring (late May, early June). In its history, a total of three world records have been se ...
.
International competitions
Personal bests
*100 metres – 12.54 (2006)
*200 metres – 24.71 (1997)
*800 metres – 2:10.90 (1999)
*100 metres hurdles – 13.52 (2000)
*High jump – 1.94 (1997)
*Long jump – 6.44 (2006)
*Shot put – 12.73 (2006)
*Javelin throw – 49.14 (2004)
*Heptathlon – 6350 (1997)
*Decathlon – 8150 (2004)
See also
*
High Jump Differentials - Women
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Amiens
French heptathletes
French decathletes
French female athletes
Olympic athletes of France
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for France
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Female decathletes
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Universiade bronze medalists for France
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade