Renée Trent-Ganault was a French cross country and middle distance athlete. She was a pioneer in women's distance running.

Career

Renée Trente after her win in Pavillons-sous-Bois in January 1930.

Trent-Ganault ran for AS Philotechnique in 1925, and Alsace Lorraine from Paris in 1926.[1] She was French Cross Country Champion in 1929,[2] 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.[3]

Trent-Ganault was elected Cross Country woman of the century by the French Athletics Federation, because of her many victories between 1925 and 1946.

References

  1. ↑ "les Biographies". bases.athle.fr. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  2. ↑ Paris-soir (in French), 1930-02-10, retrieved 2022-08-10
  3. ↑ "Various Cross Country Events - 1938 SENIOR WOMEN". 2006-05-17. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006. Retrieved 2022-07-26.


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