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Georgette Gagneux
French athletics competitor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georgette Gagneux (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒɛt gaɲø]; 17 June 1907 – 1 April 1931) was a French sprint runner who competed at the 1928 Olympics. She was eliminated in a semifinal of the 100 m event and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay.[1]
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Running for club Linnet's Saint-Maur, she won six French national track titles: two in the 80 metres, three in the Long Jump and one in the Shot Put.[2]
1923 she participated in the third Women’s Olympiad in Monte Carlo winning brons in the sprint 60 metres event.
She participated in the 1928 Olympic Games at Amsterdam. A semi-finalist in the 100 m, she placed fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay (alongside Yolande Plancke, Marguerite Radideau and Lucienne Velu).[3]
On 15 July 1928 at Paris, she established a new world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay alongside her teammates from Linnet's Saint-Maur: Lucienne Velu, Simone Warnier et Marguerite Radideau, in the time of 50 seconds.
She also held the French national record in the Shot Put, Long Jump, 100m and also the 4 x 100m relay.
Elle died on 1 April 1931 at Chamonix at the age of 23.
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