Marion Buisson (born 19 February 1988 in Mende, Lozère) is a French pole vaulter. She set her personal best height of 4.50 metres by upsetting her teammate

Vanessa Boslak Vanessa Boslak (born 11 June 1982) is a French pole vaulter. She was born in Lesquin, France. Boslak represented her country in major international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Indoor Championships, Europea ...

, and by winning the women's pole vault at the 2008 French Athletics Championships in Albi. Buisson represented France at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, where she successfully cleared a height of 4.15 metres in the women's pole vault, an event which was later dominated by world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia. Buisson, however, failed to advance into the final, as she placed twenty-third overall in the qualifying rounds, tying her position with Iceland's Thórey Edda Elisdóttir.

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Profile – French Olympic Committee

1988 births Living people French female pole vaulters Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Mende, Lozère Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Lozère 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-polevault-bio-stub