Bernadette Martin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bernadette Martin

French sprinter

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1951

Place of Birth: Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Bernadette Martin

  • Bernadette Martin (born 13 September 1951 at Grenoble) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay during the 1969 European Athletics Championships alongside Éliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos and Colette Besson.
  • The French team went faster than the world record in the discipline in 3:30.8, but placed second and was tipped, in a photo finish, for first by the United Kingdom, who ran the same time.
  • She participated in 1972 Summer Olympics, at Munich, and took fourth in the final of the 4 × 400 m (3:27.5 min: a new French record). Her personal bests were 53.3 seconds in the 400 m (1971), and 2:02.49 minutes in the 800 m (1982).

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