Nicole Pani (born Montandon on 30 October 1948 at

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) is a former French

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, who specialised in

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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

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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 relayThe lap is 180 m in the European Indoor Championships at

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, in the company of Michèle Beugnet, Claudine Meire and

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. 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

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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 {{France-sprint-bio-stub