Nicole Pani (born Montandon on 30 October
1948 at
Suresnes
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) is a former French
athlete
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, who specialised in
sprinting
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.
Biography
Pani became notable in the 1966 junior track where she ran 11.8s in the 100 m. and 24.3s in the 200 m. She won second place at the European Championships in the category over 200m. She married the long jumper,
Jack Pani.
She participated in the
1968 Olympics, at
Mexico
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and placed fifth in the 200m (23.0s).
Selected 29 times for French athletic teams, she won the silver medal in the 100m during the
1971 Mediterranean Games. In 1972 she was second in the 4 × 1 lap relay
[The lap is 180 m] in the
European Indoor Championships at
Grenoble
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, in the company of
Michèle Beugnet,
Claudine Meire and
Christiane Marlet
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Biography
Appearing twice in French athletics teams, she won the silver medal relay 4 × 1 lapThe lap is 180 m du ...
.
She titled in the 200m during the 1968 French Athletics Championships, and established multiple French national records in the 200m, the 4 × 100m and the 4 × 200 m.
prize list
Records
Notes and references
External links
* Olympic profile fo
Nicole Paniat ''sports-reference.com''
Nicole Paniat
Olympics.com
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Nicole Paniat
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Sources
* ''DocAthlé 2003'', French Athletics Federation, p. 421
* (*) The Athletics Equipe Magazine No. 32 of 28 September 1971 Robert Pariente sheet.
Living people
1948 births
French female sprinters
Olympic athletes for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
French Athletics Championships winners
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