Nadine Debois

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Nadine Debois
Personal information
Born (1961-09-25) 25 September 1961 (age 63)
Paris, France
Height1.73
Sport
Country France
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon, Pentathlon, 400 metres
ClubCSM Clamart

Nadine Debois (born 25 September 1961) [1] is a French athlete specialising in the 400 metres and combined events. She was the world record holder for the fastest 800 metres ever run in a heptathlon from 1987 to 2025, until Anna Hall improved her mark en route to breaking 7000 points.

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Biography

Nadine Debois was the first holder of the French record in the heptathlon in 1981 with 5,537 points. She improved this record in 1986 with 6,333 points.

In 1987, she was part of the French women's 4 × 400 m relay that placed seventh during the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. French national team with Debois finished with the same result in this discipline at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. [1]

She won five French championship titles: two outdoors in the long jump and heptathlon, and three in the indoor 400 metres and pentathlon. [1]

Achievements

Prize list

Personal bests

EventPerformancePlaceDateNotes
800 metres 2:01.84 min Talence, France27 September 1987Former world record in a heptathlon
Heptathlon 6242 pts Arles, France8 September 1985

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nadine DEBOIS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 1 January 2023.