Nicole Goullieux

Nicole Goullieux, born July 15, 1931 at Paris, is a former French athlete, who specialized in the 800 meters and in Cross Country.

Biography

She won six titles French National 800m Championships in 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1962. She also won five French Cross Country Championships, between the years of 1956 to 1963

In 1959, she won the gold medal in the 800 m during the Summer Universiade, at Turin in the time 2:11.1. She participated in the 1960 Olympics at Rome, but did not advance past the first round of the 800 m trials.

Nicole Goullieux three times improved the French 800 meters record running 2:12.7 and 2:10.5 in 1955 and 2:09.5 in 1959.

Prize list

• French Championships in Athletics  :
  • winner of the 800m 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1962.
• French Cross Country Championships :
  • winner in 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963

Records

Notes and references

• Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, ed. (2003), Docathlé 2003, pp. 40, 117, 176, 406, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3