French middle-distance runner (1931–2024)
Nicole Goullieux
Nationality French Born (1931-07-15 ) 15 July 1931Paris , FranceDied 19 June 2024(2024-06-19) (aged 92)Le Neubourg , France Years active 1952–1963 Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) Event(s) 800m , cross country running Club Racing Club de France
Nicole Goullieux (15 July 1931 – 19 June 2024) was a French athlete , who had specialized in the 800 meters and in Cross Country.
Biography
Goullieux was born in Paris . She won six titles French National 800m Championships in 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1962. She also won five French Cross Country Championships , between the years of 1956 to 1963. Goullieux improved the French 800 meters record three times, running 2:12.7 and 2:10.5 in 1955 and 2:09.5 in 1959.
In 1959, she won the gold medal in the 800 m during the Summer Universiade , at Turin in the time 2:11.1. She participated in the 1960 Olympics at Rome, but did not advance past the first round of the 800 m trials.
Goullieux died in Le Neubourg on 19 June 2024, at the age of 92.[ 1] [ 2]
Prize list
Records
Personal Bests
Event
Performance
Location
Date
800 m
2:09.5
1959
References
Sources
Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, ed. (2003), Docathlé 2003 , Fédération française d'athlétisme, pp. 40, 117, 176, 406, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3
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