Sébastienne Guyot
French engineer and athletics competitor (1896-1941) · France · On the map · Scientists · Died at 45
Sébastienne Marie Henriette Guyot was a French engineer who specialised in aerodynamic flying. She worked on the designs for aircraft and helicoptors and she was credited on several patents.
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A top athlete, she participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam in the 800 meters and was French Cross Country Champion in 1928. Arrested by the Nazis when returning from an attempt to rescue her brother from a prison camp in 1940, she died in 1941 in Paris as a result of her imprisonment. It is planned to add her name to the Eiffel Tower.
