Marthe Bretelle
{{short description|French athlete}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Marthe Bretelle
| event = shot put, discus throw
| nationality = {{FRA}}
| birth_date = 9 June 1936
| birth_place = Dantzig
| death_date = {{death date and age |1995|12|12|1936|6|9|df=y}}
| club = CO Pantin (1952-1953)
US Métro Paris (1954-1958)
VGA Saint-Maur (1959-1971)
}}
Marthe Bretelle (9 June 1936 at Dantzig, in Poland – 12 December 1995) was a French athlete who specialised in the discus throw and the shot put.
Selected 37 times for France national teams, she won 13 national titles in France, including 11 outdoor. She has the distinction of being a French international athlete in all three throwing events in force at the time (shot put, discus and javelin).[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707182554/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/Etudes%20diverses/PAR%20SPECIALITE/Les%20lanceuses/N%C2%B0%203%20-%20Les%20lanceuses%20-%20Biographies%20-%2005%2001%202007.pdf the throwers], Site documentation and history of French athletics, accessed September 21, 2010
Marthe Bretelle competed for clubs CO Pantin (1952–1953), US Métro Paris (1954–1958) and VGA Saint-Maur (1959–1971).[http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=400212 Record Athlete] on the site of the FFA
She taught physical education at Henri Bergson lycée (Paris)
Prize list
- French Championships in Athletics :
- Winner of the discus in 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966
- Winner of the shot put in 1956, 1957 and 1963.
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Category:French female discus throwers
Category:French female shot putters
Category:20th-century French sportswomen
Category:French Athletics Championships winners
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