Nora Leksir (married name is Génébrier) (born 13 May 1974 at
Montbéliard) is a French
athlete
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, who specializes in
race walking.
Biography
She won six
French Walking Championships , three at 10 km and three at 20 km. She also won three Indoor French walking titles at 3,000 m.
She is the current record holder of
France's 20 km walk doing 1:31.15, on 17 June 2000 at
Eisenhüttenstadt.
She placed 22nd at the
2000 Sydney Olympics
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Preparations for Sydney Olympics
Retrieved 19 May 2016
Prize list
* French Championships in Athletics
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** winner of the 10 km walk in 1994
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, 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
and 1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
** winner of the 20 km walk in 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, 1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
and 2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
* French Indoor Athletics Championships
The French Indoor Athletics Championships (french: Championnats de France d'athlétisme en salle) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Fédération française d'athlétisme (FFA), which serves as the French national cha ...
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** winner of 3000 m walking 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, 1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
and 2001
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Records
Notes and references
External links
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* Olympic profile fo
Nora Leksir
at ''sports-reference.com''
1974 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Montbéliard
French female racewalkers
Olympic athletes for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
French Athletics Championships winners
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