Anne-Marie Colchen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anne-Marie Colchen

French basketball player and athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: Le Havre, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 26-Jan-2017

Profession: basketball player, athletics competitor, high jumper

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.