Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1978-03-23
jazz
Discography
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
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- Works
- 1
- Cited by
- 0
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Political scienceHumanitiesArt
Most cited works
- Le témoignage de la sportive d'élite2002 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,740x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,604x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,591x
- A novel anti-apoptosis gene, survivin, expressed in cancer and lymphoma
· 1997 · cited 2,488x
- Perfluoroalkyl Acids: A Review of Monitoring and Toxicological Findings
· 2007 · cited 2,321x
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Key facts
- Born
- 7 April 1946, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne , France
- Died
- 9 August 2005 (aged 59), Angoulins , France
- Height
- 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 58 kg (128 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- 200 m, 400 m, 800 m
- Club
- Bordeaux EC
- Personal best s
- 200 m – 23.4 (1969), 400 m – 51.79 (1969), 800 m – 2:03.3 (1971)
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 58
- Image
- Colette Besson 1968.jpg
- Height
- 169
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- Colette Besson
- date of birth
- 1946-04-07
- date of death
- 2005-08-09
- name in native language
- Colette Besson
- birth name
- Colette Henriette Besson
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Colette Besson (7 April 1946 – 9 August 2005) was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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1946 births2005 deaths20th-century French sportswomenAthletes from Nouvelle-AquitaineAthletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean GamesAthletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer OlympicsDeaths from cancer in FranceEuropean Athletics Championships medalistsFrench Athletics Championships winnersFrench women sprintersMedalists at the 1968 Summer OlympicsMediterranean Games gold medalists for FranceMediterranean Games medalists in athleticsOlympic athletes for FranceOlympic gold medalists for FranceOlympic gold medalists in athleticsOlympic women sprintersSportspeople from Charente-Maritime