Colette Besson, who has died aged 59, became one of France's sporting heroines after she won the 400 metres at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. A 22-year-old PE teacher from Bordeaux, she was virtually ...

PARIS -- Colette Besson, a physical education teacher who scored a big upset to win the 400-meter gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of cancer. She was 59. Her death was announced by the ...

Colette Besson, 59, a French physical education teacher who scored an upset to win the 400-meter gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of cancer, the French Olympic committee announced. Besson ...

Frenchwoman Colette Besson, who caused one of the great upsets in Olympic history with her 400 metres triumph in 1968, has died from cancer, aged 59. Besson was 22 when she won gold in Mexico with a ...

French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaking at Font Romeu after opening the Colette Besson track ©gouvernement.fr Standing at the track, named after Colette Besson, the Mexico City 1968 Olympic 400 ...

Colette Besson is always remembered in Britain as the woman who beat Lillian Board in the 400 metres at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. But in France, she is recalled as the beautiful athlete ...