Gilles Bertould

Gilles Bertould ( born May 16, 1949 in Plumaudan, Côtes- d'Armor ) is a French former track and field athlete. At a height of 1.76 m his competition weight was 63 kg.

At the 1968 Olympic Games Gilles Bertould eliminated in the 400 -meter run in the quarterfinals. With the French 4x400 - meter relay team he reached the finals, but then finished only 8th place in the following year at the European Championships in 1969 he reached the semi-finals. As a starter for the French squadron, he was European champion in 3:02,3 minutes.

Also at the European Championships in 1971 him the finals over 400 meters did not succeed. With the season he was sixth. 1972 saw Bertould in the 4x2 lap relay at the European Indoor Championships in Grenoble and won bronze; However, only three squadrons were at the start. At the Olympic Games in 1972 Bertould different again in the quarterfinals and also again he reached with the relay in the final. This time he won with the French squadron in 3:00,65 minutes the bronze medal behind the seasons from Kenya and the UK.

Swell

  • European Athletics Association ( eds): Statistics Manual, Munich 2002, published on the occasion of the 2002 European Championships
  • Ekkehard to Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics, Berlin 1999, published via German Society for Athletics documentation eV
  • Athlete (France)
  • European Champion ( athletics)
  • Olympian (France)
  • Sprinter
  • Born in 1949
  • Man
400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay 1969 European Athletics Championships 1971 European Athletics Championships
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