About Yvette Monginou
Lived 1927 – 2023 (aged 95). Yvette Monginou was a French sprinter and hurdler.
Yvette Monginou (later Trombetta; 16 May 1927 – 16 February 2023) was a French athlete, who specialised in the sprints.
Biography Monginou was born in Castres on 16 May 1927. She won five French national titles: three in the 80m hurdles in 1948, 1949, and 1952; one in the 100 m in 1951; and one in the 200 m in 1953. Selected for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, she competed in the 80-meter hurdles, placing fourth in the race in a time of 11.8s. During the 1952 Summer Olympics, in Helsinki she reached the semifinals of the 80m hurdles and the 100m quarterfinals and was knocked out in the first round of the 4 × 100 m relay.
Monginou married Charles Trombetta (1924–2016). The couple had four children. She died on 16 February 2023, at the age of 95.
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Who was Yvette Monginou?
French athlete
When was Yvette Monginou born?
Yvette Monginou was born on 16 May 1927 in Castres.
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Yvette Monginou died on 16 February 2023 in Castres.
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Yvette Monginou was a sprinter and hurdler.
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Yvette Monginou was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Yvette Monginou. https://biography.guide/yvette-monginou/
MLA: "Yvette Monginou." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/yvette-monginou/.
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