Yves Cros

Yves Cros ( born October 5, 1923 in Aigues -Vives in Hérault, † 22 March 1995) was a French athlete and Olympian, the 1946 European champion with the 4 x 400 - meter relay team was at the European Championships.

Cros improved the 1946 French national record in the 400 - meter hurdles to 52.6 seconds. This time, he finished fourth at the European Championships in Oslo. The day after the final hurdle Cros was with the relay in the finals, in the occupation of Bernhard Santona, Yves Cros, Robert Chef d' hôtel and Jacques Luni won the French in 3:14,4 minutes just before the British the European title. At the 1948 Olympic Games in London Cros was only in the hurdles at the start. In the semifinals, he improved his personal best to 52.5 seconds, and thus reached the final, where he was in 53.3 seconds in fifth.

Yves Cros was four times French champion in the 400 - meter hurdles: 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1949, he was at a height of 1.73 meters a competition weight of 67 kilograms.. .