Anne-Marie Colchen

Anne-Marie Colchen

Colchen (top left) with the 1953 French women's basketball squad
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1946 Oslo High jump
Silver medal – second place 1946 Oslo 4×100 m relay
Women's basketball
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Santiago {{{3}}}

Anne-Marie Colchen-Maillet (8 December 1925 – 26 January 2017) was a French track and field athlete and women's basketball player. She became France's first high jump champion at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and held the French record for the event for ten years. She represented France in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In basketball she was the highest scorer at the 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women, helping France to third place. She was a member of the French national team for the European Women's Basketball Championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.


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