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Barbara Gourdet

French athletics competitor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ20666625 ↗
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Barbara Gourdet (born 29 December 1965) is a French former middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.

Biography

She won three French National 800m championships in 1987, 1988 and 1993.

Results

French Championships in Athletics :

3 times winner of 800 m in 1987, 1988 and 1993.

Records

References

Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, 2003, p.

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This entry incorporates text from “Barbara Gourdet” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.