About Renée Trente-Ganault
Lived 1907 – 2004 (aged 96). Renée Trente-Ganault was a French athletics competitor.
Renée Trent-Ganault (9 October 1907 – 26 July 2004) was a French cross country and middle-distance athlete. She was a pioneer in women's distance running.
Career Trent-Ganault ran for AS Philotechnique in 1925, and Alsace Lorraine from Paris in 1926. She was French Cross Country Champion in 1929, 1941 and 1942. She was selected for five international French teams before the war in cross country. Renee was ninth in the 1938 International Cross Country Championships.
Trent-Ganault was elected Cross Country woman of the century by the French Athletics Federation, because of her many victories between 1925 and 1946.
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Who was Renée Trente-Ganault?
French athletics competitor (1907-2004)
When was Renée Trente-Ganault born?
Renée Trente-Ganault was born on 9 October 1907 in Paris.
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Renée Trente-Ganault died on 26 July 2004 in Cavaillon.
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Renée Trente-Ganault was an athletics competitor.
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Renée Trente-Ganault was French.
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