Jeanine Salagoïty (born Toulouse; 16 May 1923 – 29 December 2020) was a French athlete who specialised in the sprints.

Jeanine Toulouse
Toulouse in 1941
Personal information
Nationality France
Born(1923-05-16)16 May 1923
Lesparre-Médoc
Died29 December 2020(2020-12-29) (aged 97)
Sport
EventSprint (running)

Biography edit

Salagoïty was born in Lesparre-Médoc. She won ten champion of France titles from 1939 to 1949: three in the 60 meters, four in the 100 meters and three in the 200 meters . She twice improved the French record in the 100 meters (12.1s in 1948 and 12.0s in 1949), as well as the 4 × 100 Metres Relay. She participated in the 1948 Olympics in London, where she reached the semi-finals of the 80m hurdles.

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personal records
Event Performance Location Date
100 m 12.0s 1949
200 m 26.2s
1941

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