Florence Colle

Florence Colle (born 4 December 1965) is a French former track and field athlete, who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles. She placed fifth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and sixth at the 1991 World Championships. Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.73 seconds, set in 1991.

Florence Colle
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born4 December 1965 (1965-12-04) (age 55)
Annecy
Years active1983-1996
Sport
Event(s)100 m hurdles

Career

Born in Annecy, Colle is a two-time French national champion, winning the 100 m hurdles in 1987 and the long jump in 1989.[1] Amongst her other successes, she was the inaugural long jump champion at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie, won a bronze medal in the 100m hurdles at the 1987 Summer Universiade,[2][3] and reached the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.

Following her retirement from the sport she became a physician. As a doctor, she chose the speciality of physical medicine and rehabilitation. She started up the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service of the Sainte-Anne Hospital (Paris) after having done her clinic training under Prof. Yelnik of Hôpital Fernand Widal. Colle was interviewed on the news show of France 2, "13 heures", on 29 October 2009, as part of the 7th World Day of Stroke.[4][5]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1983 European Junior Championships Schwechat, Austria 6th 100 m hurdles 13.66
1987 Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.84
World Championships Rome, Italy 9th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.04
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th 60 m hurdles 8.02
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 5th 100 m hurdles 12.98
1989 Francophone Games Casablanca, Morocco 1st Long jump 6.56 m
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 6th 100 m hurdles 13.01
(sf) Indicates overall position in qualifying round

National titles

References
  1. French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  2. Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  3. World Student Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  4. Corporate stroke website
  5. Interview (22:40 mins)


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