Marie-Françoise Lubeth (born 20 November 1962 at

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

and deceased on 10 January 2009) was a French

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, who specialised in the sprints. Trained by José Gaumont, Marie-Françoise ran for the Lille University Club and participated in

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. She attended the Olympics and was selected as an alternate for a relay but did not actually run. She was selected twice for French athletics teams, including the 1985 Cup Of Europe. After her sports career, she worked at Dron Hospital at

Tourcoing Tourcoing (; ; ; ) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two ca ...

as head of the gynecology department. Secretary of the Community of African Churches of France, in 2008, she published ''Sprinteuse de Dieu'' (''Sprinter of God ''). Marie-Francoise died at age 46 of breast cancer. Her mother died of the same illness at around the same age as Marie-Francoise"Sprinteuse de Dieu" by Dr Marie-Francoise Lubeth, published=2008, publisher Presses de la renaissance

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15 minute interview with Marie-Francois Lubeth (in French)
1962 births 2009 deaths French Protestants French female sprinters Athletes from Lille 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-sprint-bio-stub