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Colette Besson

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French sprinter

Person

Born: 1946-04-07
Died: 2005-08-09

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Type: Person
Country: FR
Active from: 1978-03-23

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works: 1
Cited by: 0

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Recent publications · Crossref

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Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
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Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
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Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,581x
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 2,316x

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Key dates

Born: 7 April 1946
Died: 9 August 2005

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
Place of death: Angoulins
Occupation: athletics competitor
Languages spoken: French
Award: Officer of the Legion of Honour
Participant in: 1968 Summer Olympics
Sport: athletics

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1946 births 2005 deaths 20th-century French sportswomen Athletes from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Deaths from cancer in France European Athletics Championships medalists French Athletics Championships winners French women sprinters

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1969 European Athletics Championships

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Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France

Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics

Olympic athletes for France

Olympic gold medalists for France

Olympic gold medalists in athletics

Olympic women sprinters

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