Nadine Debois


Nadine Debois is a French athlete, specialising in the 400 meters and the Combined Events. World Record holder as fastest 800m ever run in a heptathlon.

Biography

Nadine was the first holder of the :fr:Record de France de l'heptathlon|French record in the heptathlon in 1981 with 5,537 points. She improved this record in 1986 with 6,333 points.
In 1987, she took seventh in 4 × 400 m Relay during the World Championships in Rome. She got the same result at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
She won multiple French championship titles: two outdoors in the Long jump and the heptathlon, and three in the Indoor 400 meters and pentathlon.

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