Philippe Clerc

{{Short description|Swiss sprinter (born 1946)}}

{{about||the Swiss lichenologist|Philippe Clerc (lichenologist)}}

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|image=Philippe Clerc 1970.jpg

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|birth_date= {{birth-date and age|24 December 1946}}

|birth_place=Port-Valais, Switzerland

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| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|sport=Athletics

|event=100 m, 200 m

|club= CS Le Mouret, Stade Lausanne

|pb=100 m – 10.42 (1970)
200 m – 20.50 (1969)

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{{MedalCompetition|European Athletics Championships }}

{{MedalGold|1969 Athens|200 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1969 Athens|100 m}}

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Philippe Clerc (born 24 December 1946) is a former Swiss sprinter who won a bronze and a gold medal in the 100 and 200 m at the 1969 European Athletics Championships, respectively. He competed in these events at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/philippe-clerc-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011422/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/philippe-clerc-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=9 May 2012}} He was married to English sprinter Janet Simpson, who died of a heart attack on 14 March 2010.{{cite news|title=Janet Simpson: international athlete|newspaper=The Times|date=29 March 2010|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7079382.ece|accessdate=2010-10-30}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}