Marie-José Pérec

Medal record
Marie-José Pérec
Women's athletics
Competitor for  France
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	400 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	200 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	400 m
World Championships
Gold	1991 Tokyo	400 m
Gold	1995 Gothenburg	400 m
European Championships
Gold	1994 Helsinki	400 m
Gold	1994 Helsinki	4x400 m relay
Bronze	1990 Split	400 m

Marie-José Pérec (born 9 May 1968 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion.

Pérec was World Champion in the 400 m in Tokyo and 400m champion at the Barcelona Olympics. Four years later she entered in the 200 m at the Olympics in Atlanta winning both events, achieving the 200/400 m double gold medal. She won the 400 m in the Olympic record time of 48.25 seconds.

In addition to the Olympic and World titles, Pérec also won the European Championship 400 m individual and 4x400 m relay titles in Helsinki in 1994.

The 1996 two Olympic titles were Pérec's last international titles. She did not compete in the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney. She claimed to have been harassed by the Australian press since her arrival in Sydney.^[1]

Marie-José Pérec gave birth to her first baby, her son, on 30 March 2010.

She is today a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club^[2] , a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.^[3]

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Wind (m/s)	Date	Venue	All-time ranking
100 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	3rd (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 record

References

1. ^ Magnay, Jacquelin (2002), "Marie-Jose Perec on track", Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/05/1038950149694.html 
2. ^ Jonah Lomu, Marie-Jo Prec, Sebastien Loeb and Hicham El Guerrouj: sporting legends committed to peace [1], 12 February 2010
3. ^ Peace and Sport

External links

• IAAF profile for Marie-José Pérec
• BBC Sport 21 September 2000:Perec out of Olympics: [2]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Kim Batten	Women's Track & Field ESPY Award 1997	Succeeded by Marion Jones
Sporting positions
Preceded by Gwen Torrence	Women's 200 m Best Year Performance alongside Mary Onyali 1996	Succeeded by Marion Jones

Persondata
Name	Perec, Marie-Jose
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 May 1968
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death