Gabrielle Meyer

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| name = Gabrielle Meyer

| nationality = {{FRA}}

| birth_date = 10 May 1947

| birth_place = Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|11|18|1947|5|10|df=yes}}[https://bases.athle.fr/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=475251484950465346535049 Profile of Gabrielle Meyer] {{in lang|fr}}

| club = Toulouse UC

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Gabrielle Meyer (married name is Morère) (10 May 1947 – 18 November 2018) was a French athlete, who specialised in sprinting.

Biography

Meyer won five champion of France (fr) titles, three in the 100 metres in 1965, 1966 and 1967, and two in the 200 metres in 1965 and 1966. In 1967, she won the gold medal in the 200m and the silver medal in the 100m during the Summer Universiade at Tokyo. In October 1967, in Mexico City, she equaled France's 200m record (fr) from Catherine Capdevielle in 23.7s. She participated in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 100m, she took eighth in the 4 × 100 m relay. She was selected 18 times for France.

= Prize list =

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|+ International Awards

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Competition

! scope="col" | Location

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | Event

! scope="col" | Performance

rowspan="2" | 1967

| rowspan="2" | Summer Universiade

| rowspan="2" | Tokyo

| align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|100 m

|11.7s

align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 200 m

| 23.8s

1968

| Olympic Games

| Mexico

| align="center" | 8th

| 4 × 100 m Relay

| 44 s 2

rowspan="2" | 1969

| rowspan="2" | European Championships

| rowspan="2" | Athens

| align="center" | 5th

| 200 m

| 23.7s

align="center" | 4th

| 4 × 100 m Relay

| 44.6s

= National =

French Championships in Athletics:
Winner of the 100m 1965, 1966 and 1967
Winner of 200m 1965 and 1966

Records

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|+ Personal records

! scope="col" | Event

! scope="col" | Performance

! scope="col" | Location

! scope="col" | Date

100 m

| 11.55s

| 1967

200 m

| 23.66s

| 1967

References

{{Citation | author = Siukonen, Markku | author2 = Ahola, Matti | name-list-style = amp | title = Suuri EM-kirja | pages=87, 95, 96, 112 | year=1990 | publisher=Sporttikustannus Oy | isbn =951-8920-11-7}}
{{Citation | title=Docathlé 2003 | pages=39, 45, 118, 177, 421 | year=2003 | publisher=Fédération Française d'Athlétisme | isbn = 2-9512343-3-3 | language=fr}}

External links

{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/gabrielle-meyer-1.html |title=Gabrielle Meyer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082718/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/gabrielle-meyer-1.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}
Dictionary of athletics by Robert Pariente: Extract in the No. 31 Wednesday, August 18, 1971 L'Equipe Magazine Athletics, with black and white photo of the applicant

Category:1947 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:French female sprinters

Category:Olympic athletes for France

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for France

Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for France

Category:Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade

Category:Olympic female sprinters

Category:20th-century French sportswomen

Category:French Athletics Championships winners