Alice Beuns
Alice Beuns (5 February 1901 — 7 May 1995) was a French sprinter and hurdler, with her main results during the early 1920s. She was a member of Normandia SR.
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1901 Malaunay, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 1995 (aged 94) Yvetot, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, hurdling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Normandia SR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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She was four times national champion. She represented France internationally.
Biography
changeBeuns was born in 1901 in Malaunay, Normandy, France. She became a member of sports club "Normandia Sports Rouen" (Normandia SR).[1][2][3]
At the French Athleitcs Championships she won her first medals in 1920; the silver medal in the 80 metres and a bronze medal in the 83 metres hurdles. She became national champion at the 1921 and 1922 French Athleitcs Championships in the 80 metres and 83 metres hurdles.[1][2]
She won the 80 metres at the 1921 Belgium–France women's athletics match.[4]
At the 1922 Women's Olympiad, she won the gold medal in the 4 x 75-meter relay together with Alice Gonnet, Lucie Prost and Paulette de Croze. She also won a silver medal in the 4 x 175-meter relay and two bronze medals in the 250 metres and 65 metres hurdles.[3]
At the 1922 France–Belgium women's athletics match she won the 250 metres, the 83 metres hurdles and also the 4 x 200 metres relay event.[4]
Beuns married to Auguste Emmanuel Robert Coquin in Rouen in 1922.[5]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dictionnaire de L'Athlétisme Française, Féminines, kapitel A à D, Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (FFA)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Les finalistes des championnats de France - 1888 à 1969" (PDF). French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Competitions disparues 7) Jeux Mondiaux Féminins, Résultats par année, Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Alice Beuns". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ↑ L'Auto-Vélo du 22 juillet 1922, le monde et le sport.