Marguerite Radideau
{{Short description|French sprinter (1907–1978)}}
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|caption=Radideau in 1930
|birth_date= 5 March 1907
|birth_place= Paris, France
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|sport=Athletics
|event=60–250 m
|club= Linnet's Saint-Maur, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
|pb= 100 m – 12.4 (1926)
200 m – 26.2 (1926)
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{{MedalCompetition|Women's World Games}}
{{MedalGold|1926 Gothenburg |60 m}}
{{MedalGold|1926 Gothenburg |100 yd}}
{{MedalSilver|1926 Gothenburg |4×110 yd relay}}
{{MedalBronze|1926 Gothenburg |250 m}}
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Marguerite Radideau (5 March 1907 – 14 March 1978) was a French sprinter and basketball player who participated in early women's international competitions. She won two gold, one silver, and one bronze at the 1926 Women's World Games and competed in the 1928 Olympic Games.
Athletic career
Radideau competed at the 1924 Women's Olympiad winning the bronze medal in running 100 yards. She competed in 60–250 m events at the 1926 Women's World Games and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal. She participated in the 1928 Olympic Games at Amsterdam, she placed fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay (alongside Yolande Plancke, Georgette Gagneux and Lucienne Velu){{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/womens-4-x-100-metres-relay-final.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173338/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/womens-4-x-100-metres-relay-final.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay Final|website=sports-reference.com|access-date=5 March 2016}} and failed to reach the final of the 100 m event.
Radideau was also a basketball player for Linnet's de Saint-Maur and won three French Champion titles in 1928, 1929, and 1930. With the French national team, she competed in the 1930 European Championship where she won gold and in the 1930 World Championship in which she won silver.{{Cite web |title=Académie du Basket 2020 - Marguerite Radideau |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bb8c__obc8 |access-date=16 August 2024 |via=YouTube |publisher=FFBB}}{{Cite web |last=Rutard |first=Sacha |date=21 December 2020 |title=6 nouveaux académiciens du basket français |url=https://www.basketeurope.com/6-nouveaux-academiciens-du-basket-francais/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=Basket Europe |language=fr}} She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.ffbb.com/patrimoine/7-nouveaux-academiciens-du-basket-francais-0|title=7 nouveaux académiciens du basket français|access-date=21 January 2024}}
Personal life
Radideau married Emile Schoebel, a diver who participated in the 1932 Summer Olympics, in 1931. Their son, Pierre Schoebel, was a French hurdler who participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
References
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[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/fsfi.htm FSFI WOMEN'S WORLD GAMES]. gbrathletics.com
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Category:French female sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for France
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Women's World Games medalists
Category:20th-century French sportswomen
Category:Olympic female sprinters
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