Marie-Françoise Dubois (born Fourcroy on 25 March 1948 at

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) is a former French

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, who specialized in

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Biography

She won three Outdoor Athletic Championships: the

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in 1975, the

800 m The 800 metres, or 800 meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event sin ...

in 1977 and the 1 500 m in 1974. She also won three French Indoor Athletic Championship titles in the 800 m. She improved three times the French 800m record and also improved four times the record for the 1,500 m. In the 800 m, she was the first French female athlete to dip under two minutes (1:59.9 in 1974 in Rome). She also established other records for France in the 1,000 m and for the 4 × 800 m Relay. She finished fourth in the 800 m during the 1974 European Athletics Championships in Rome.

Prize list

National

* French Championships in Athletics : ** winner of the 400m

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

** winner of the 800m

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

** winner of 1500 m

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Records

Notes and references

L'Equipe : Edition of one of the last days of 1974 Panorama French athletics in 1974 titled III. - Feminine : The advent of Marie-Françoise Dubois * *

External links

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1948 births French female middle-distance runners Living people French Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub