Gabrielle Meyer

Gabrielle Meyer

Personal information
Nationality	France
Born	10 May 1947 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Died	18 November 2018(2018-11-18) (aged 71)
Sport
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Toulouse UC

Gabrielle Meyer (married name is Morère) (10 May 1947 – 18 November 2018) was a French athlete, who specialised in sprinting.

Biography

Meyer won five champion of France (fr) titles, three in the 100 metres in 1965, 1966 and 1967, and two in the 200 metres in 1965 and 1966. In 1967, she won the gold medal in the 200m and the silver medal in the 100m during the Summer Universiade at Tokyo. In October 1967, in Mexico City, she equaled France's 200m record (fr) from Catherine Capdevielle in 23.7s. She participated in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 100m, she took eighth in the 4 × 100 m relay. She was selected 18 times for France.

Prize list

International Awards

Date	Competition	Location	Result	Event	Performance
1967	Summer Universiade	Tokyo	2nd	100 m	11.7s
			1st	200 m	23.8s
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico	8th	4 × 100 m Relay	44 s 2
1969	European Championships	Athens	5th	200 m	23.7s
			4th	4 × 100 m Relay	44.6s

National

• French Championships in Athletics:
  • Winner of the 100m 1965, 1966 and 1967
  • Winner of 200m 1965 and 1966

Records

Personal records

Event	Performance	Location	Date
100 m	11.55s		1967
200 m	23.66s		1967

References

• Siukonen, Markku & Ahola, Matti (1990), Suuri EM-kirja, Sporttikustannus Oy, pp. 87, 95, 96, 112, ISBN 951-8920-11-7
• Docathlé 2003 (in French), Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, 2003, pp. 39, 45, 118, 177, 421, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabrielle Meyer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
• Dictionary of athletics by Robert Pariente: Extract in the No. 31 Wednesday, August 18, 1971 L'Equipe Magazine Athletics, with black and white photo of the applicant