Carole Nelson

Carole Nelson
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born27 January 1971 (1971-01-27) (age 53)
Paris
Years active1990s
Sport
Event400 m hurdles

Carole Nelson (born 27 January 1971 in Paris) is a former French athlete, who specialized in the 400 meters hurdles.

Career

Nelson was from French Guiana, where she trained under Louis Lafontaine. She started competing at the junior level in the late 1980s,[1] and later trained with Stéphane Caristan.[2][3]

She won the 400m hurdles at the annual French Athletic Championships [fr] three times: in 1992, 1993 and 1994.[4]

In 1993, she won the bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games, in Narbonne.

She continued to compete at the senior level, and in 1998 moved to Paris from Cayenne to escape the political turmoil in Guiana.[2]

Records

Personal Bests
Event Performance Location Date
400 m hurdles 56 s 61 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 18 July 1992

References

  1. ^ "Tous derrière la fusée guyanaise". L'Humanité (in French). 7 August 1990. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Derniaux, Jean-Claude (22 June 1998). "Carole Nelson championne de N2". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Stéphane Caristan rejoint l'INSEP" (PDF) (press release) (in French). INSEP. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Les résultats Athletisme: Championnats de France en plein air". Sportquick.com (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2016.

Sources

  • Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, 2003, p. 423


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