Marie-José Pérec (born 9 May 1968) is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
In addition to her Olympic and World titles, Pérec also won the 400 metres title and was a part of the gold medal-winning 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki.
The two 1996 Olympic titles were Pérec's last international titles. In 1997 Pérec shifted to the 200 metres but withdrew at the semi-finals in the World Championships that year and barely raced at all in 1998 and 1999. Having not run a 400 metres race since 1996, Pérec began her Olympic title defense by finishing third in Nice, behind eventual Olympic silver and bronze medalists Lorraine Graham and Katharine Merry. It was the last significant race Pérec ran. On 22 September 2000, she pulled out of the 200 metres and 400 metres events of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, several days before they were due to begin. Pérec claimed that she had been threatened and insulted several times since arriving in Australia and that the Australian press, who were supporting Australian athlete Cathy Freeman, had been trying to sabotage her chances of winning the gold medal in the 400 metres.[3][4]
Pérec enrolled in the top French business school ESSEC and graduated in 2007 with a Master's in Sports Management.[6]
Pérec is a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club,[7] a group of more than 70 famous elite athletes committed to promoting peace in the world through sports, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.[8]
Pérec participated in the French reality music competition Mask Singer as the Panthère, performing Stromae's "Papaoutai" and Angèle's "Balance ton quoi" before being eliminated in the first episode.
Familyedit
Pérec and her partner Sébastien Foucras have one child, a son named Nolan, born 30 March 2010.
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marie, josé, pérec, born, 1968, retired, french, track, field, sprinter, specialised, metres, three, time, olympic, gold, medalist, pérec, cannes, film, festival, 2016personal, informationborn, 1968, 1968, basse, terre, guadeloupe, height5, weight132, sportspo. Marie Jose Perec born 9 May 1968 is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three time Olympic gold medalist Marie Jose PerecPerec at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016Personal informationBorn 1968 05 09 9 May 1968 age 55 1 Basse Terre Guadeloupe 1 Height5 ft 10 1 2 in 179 cm 1 2 Weight132 lb 60 kg 2 SportSportAthleticsMedal record Women s athleticsRepresenting FranceOlympic Games1992 Barcelona 400 m1996 Atlanta 200 m1996 Atlanta 400 mWorld Championships1991 Tokyo 400 m1995 Gothenburg 400 mEuropean Championships1994 Helsinki 400 m1994 Helsinki 4 400 m relay1990 Split 400 mUpdated on 23 May 2015 Contents 1 Athletics career 2 Life after retirement from athletics 3 Family 4 Awards 5 Personal bests 6 References 7 External linksAthletics career editPerec won the 1991 World Championships 400 metres title in Tokyo and repeated the feat at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg She was also the 400 metres champion at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona She entered the 200 metres and 400 metres events at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and won both thus achieving the second ever Olympic 200 metres 400 metres gold medal double after Valerie Brisco Hooks in Los Angeles 1984 Perec won the 400 metres title in an Olympic record time of 48 25 seconds which also ranked her as the third fastest woman of all time It took 23 years until 2019 before Salwa Eid Naser surpassed her mark to push Perec to number 4 of all time In addition to her Olympic and World titles Perec also won the 400 metres title and was a part of the gold medal winning 4 400 metres relay team at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki The two 1996 Olympic titles were Perec s last international titles In 1997 Perec shifted to the 200 metres but withdrew at the semi finals in the World Championships that year and barely raced at all in 1998 and 1999 Having not run a 400 metres race since 1996 Perec began her Olympic title defense by finishing third in Nice behind eventual Olympic silver and bronze medalists Lorraine Graham and Katharine Merry It was the last significant race Perec ran On 22 September 2000 she pulled out of the 200 metres and 400 metres events of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney several days before they were due to begin Perec claimed that she had been threatened and insulted several times since arriving in Australia and that the Australian press who were supporting Australian athlete Cathy Freeman had been trying to sabotage her chances of winning the gold medal in the 400 metres 3 4 Perec trained in Los Angeles with the HSI track team and is listed as a legend on the team s page 5 Life after retirement from athletics editPerec enrolled in the top French business school ESSEC and graduated in 2007 with a Master s in Sports Management 6 Perec is a member of the Champions for Peace club 7 a group of more than 70 famous elite athletes committed to promoting peace in the world through sports created by Peace and Sport a Monaco based international organization 8 On 21 October 2012 Perec was elected president of the Ligue Regionale d Athletisme de la Guadeloupe the governing body for athletics in Guadeloupe 9 Perec participated in the French reality music competition Mask Singer as the Panthere performing Stromae s Papaoutai and Angele s Balance ton quoi before being eliminated in the first episode Family editPerec and her partner Sebastien Foucras have one child a son named Nolan born 30 March 2010 Awards editPerec was chosen as the French Champion of Champions in 1992 and 1996 by the French sports daily L Equipe On 9 October 2013 Perec was awarded the Officier de la Legion d honneur by French President Francois Hollande in the Elysee Palace Just before presenting the insignia to Perec during the award ceremony Hollande described her as one of the most brilliant athletes in the history of French athletics Perec had received the Chevalier de la Legion d honneur in 1996 10 On 16 November 2013 Perec was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame Personal bests editEvent Time seconds Wind m s Date Venue All time ranking100 m 10 96 1 2 27 July 1991 Dijon France 43rd 15th 200 m 21 99 FR 1 1 2 July 1993 Villeneuve d Ascq France 21st 9th 400 m 48 25 FR OR 29 July 1996 Atlanta Georgia 4th 3rd 400 m hurdles 53 21 FR 16 August 1995 Zurich Switzerland 20th 6th Rankings outside the brackets are world rankings Rankings inside the brackets are European FR French record OR Olympic recordReferences edit a b c Marie Jose Perec britannica com Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 23 May 2015 a b Marie Jose Perec sports reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 9 August 2011 Retrieved 23 May 2015 Magnay Jacquelin 2002 Marie Jose Perec on track Sydney Morning Herald Perec out of Olympics BBC Sport 22 September 2000 HSI Legends Archived 18 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine HS International Perec transmet le temoin Le Parisien 28 December 2009 Jonah Lomu Marie Jose Perec Sebastien Loeb and Hicham El Guerrouj sporting legends committed to peace Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Around the Rings 12 February 2010 Marie Jose Perec permanent dead link Peace and Sport Cairo Elodie 23 October 2012 Le nouveau Comite Directeur de la LRAG in French Ligue Regionale d Athletisme de la Guadeloupe retrieved 23 October 2012 Perec et Arron decorees de la Legion d honneur L Equipe 9 October 2013 External links editMarie Jose Perec at World Athletics nbsp Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Marie Jose Perec Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 9 August 2011 Retrieved 29 March 2018 Awards and achievementsPreceded by nbsp Kim Batten Women s Track amp Field ESPY Award1997 Succeeded by nbsp Marion JonesSporting positionsPreceded by nbsp Gwen Torrence Women s 200 m Best Year Performancealongside nbsp Mary Onyali1996 Succeeded by nbsp Marion JonesOlympic GamesPreceded byJean Francois Lamour Flagbearer for nbsp FranceAtlanta 1996 Succeeded byDavid Douillet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marie Jose Perec amp oldid 1194679876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
