Georgette Gagneux

French athletics competitor

Georgette Gagneux
Personal information
Georgette Gagneaux winning 100 m preliminaries at the: 1928 Olympics
Born	17 June 1907 Etampes, France
Died	1 April 1931 (aged 23) Chamonix, France
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Linnet's Saint-Maur, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1928

Georgette Gagneux (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒɛt gaɲø]; 17 June 1907 – 1 April 1931) was a French sprint runner who competed at the——1928 Olympics. She was eliminated in a semifinal of the "100 m event." And finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Biography※

Running for club Linnet's Saint-Maur, she won six French national track titles: two in the 80 metres, three in the Long Jump and one in the Shot Put.

1923 she participated in the third Women’s Olympiad in Monte Carlo winning brons in the sprint 60 metres event.

She participated in the 1928 Olympic Games at Amsterdam. A semi-finalist in the 100 m, she placed fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay (alongside Yolande Plancke, Marguerite Radideau and Lucienne Velu).

On 15 July 1928 at Paris, she established a new world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay alongside her teammates from Linnet's Saint-Maur: Lucienne Velu, Simone Warnier et Marguerite Radideau, in the time of 50 seconds.

She also held the French national record in the Shot Put, Long Jump, 100m and also the 4 x 100m relay.

Elle died on 1 April 1931 at Chamonix at the age of 23.

International※

**Palmarès international**
Date	Competition	Location	Result	Event	Performance
1928	Olympic Games	Amsterdam	4th	4 × 100 m	49.6 s

National※

French National Athletic Championships :
- Gold medal in 80 metres in 1923 and 1929
- Gold medal in Long Jump in 1925, 1928 et 1929
- Gold medal in Shot Put 1929

Records※

**Personal Bests**
Event	Performance	Date
100 m	12.4 s	1929
Long Jump	5.41 m	1929
Shot Put	10.78 m	1929

References※

^ Georgette Gagneux Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
^ Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, "2003," p. 405
^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay Final". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

External References※

Picture Of Georgette Gagneux doing High Jump (Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF)

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