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Anne-Marie Colchen

French basketball player and athletics competitor (1925-2017) · France · On the map · Basketball Players · Died at 91

Anne-Marie Colchen-Maillet was a French track and field athlete and women's basketball player. She became France's first high jump champion at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and held the French record for the event for ten years. She represented France in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Knight of the Legion of Honour2009
Knight of the Order of Sports Merit
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms

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In basketball she was the highest scorer at the 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women, helping France to third place. She was a member of the French national team for the European Women's Basketball Championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.

Country
France
Category
Basketball Players
Type
Basketball Player
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2017 · aged 91