Sébastienne Guyot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French engineer and athletics competitor
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Place of Birth: Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany, France
About Sébastienne Guyot
- Sébastienne Guyot (26 April 1896 – 21 August 1941) was a French engineer who specialized in aerodynamic flying.
- She was born in Pont l'Abbé in the Finistère. A teacher, Guyot resigned in 1917 to prepare for the competition of the Ecole Centrale of the Paris Lycée Jules-Ferry when she learned that the school would accepts girls into its ranks.
- She graduated in 1921 from the first class of Central School of Paris to accept women.
- She ranked 45th of 243 graduates (425 students were received in the contest).Also a top athlete, she participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam in the 800 meters.
- She was also French Cross Country Champion in 1928.
- Arrested by the Germans in 1940, she died in 1941 in Paris
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