Marie-José Pérec

Family Pérec's partner is French freestyle skier Sébastien Foucras. They have one child, a son named Nolan, born on 30March 2010.

Awards Pérec was chosen as the French Champion of Champions in 1992 and 1996 by the French sports daily L'Équipe.

On 9 October 2013, she was awarded the Officier de la Légion d'honneur by French President François Hollande in the Élysée Palace. Just before presenting the insignia to Pérec during the award ceremony, Hollande described her as "one of the most brilliant athletes in the history of French athletics". She had received the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1996.

Pérec was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame in November 2013.

Personal bests Event Time (seconds) Wind (m/s) Date Venue All-time ranking 100 m 10.96 +1.2 27 July 1991 Dijon, France 43rd (15th) 200 m 21.99 (FR) +1.1 2 July 1993 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 21st (9th) 400 m 48.25 (FR), (OR) 29 July 1996 Atlanta, Georgia 4th (3rd) 400 m hurdles 53.21 (FR) 16 August 1995 Zürich, Switzerland 20th (6th) Rankings outside the brackets are world rankings Rankings inside the brackets are European FR = French record OR = Olympic record