Agnès Teppe (born 4 May 1968 in

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) is a former French

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, who specialised in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

. She won two French national championship titles in the discus: in 1990 and 1994. She twice improved the French discus record throwing in 1991 and in 1992. Bronze medalist at the

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, in

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, she won the 1989 Games of La Francophonie and obtained the silver medal in those games in

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.Francophone Games
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20. She is the older sister of Nathalie Teppe, a specialist in the

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National titles

* French Championships in Athletics : ** 2 times winner of the Discus Throw:

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and

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Personal records

References

* * Docathlé2003, French Athletics Federation, 2003 p. 433 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Bourg-en-Bresse Athletes from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes French female discus throwers Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics French Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-discus-bio-stub