Colette Besson, who has died aged 59, became one of France's sporting heroines after she won the 400 metres at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. A 22-year-old PE teacher from Bordeaux, she was virtually ...

On 16 October 1968, French athlete Colette Besson pulled off an eye-catching victory in the women’s Olympic 400m final in Mexico City. Many French athletics fans still treasure the memory of 16 ...

Colette Besson was a famous French athlete, born April 7, 1946 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne. She is best known for her spectacular victory at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, where she won the gold ...

Colette Besson was born on April 7, 1946 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, France. How many Olympic medals has Colette Besson won throughout her career? Colette Besson has won 1 Olympic medal in throughout ...

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Colette Besson, 59, a French physical education teacher who scored an upset to win the 400-meter gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of cancer, the French Olympic committee announced. Besson ...

PARIS -- Colette Besson, a physical education teacher who scored a big upset to win the 400-meter gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of cancer. She was 59. Her death was announced by the ...

Colette Besson, a physical education teacher who scored an upset to win the 400-meter gold medal for France at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday in La Rochelle, France, of cancer. She was 59. Besson, ...