Nathalie Fortain
Appearance
![]() Nathalie Fortain in 1990 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Poitiers, France | 12 July 1969
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Racewalking |
Club | PEC Athlétisme |
Nathalie Fortain (born 12 July 1969) is a French racewalker.
She was born in Poitiers.[1] She finished ninth at the 1987 European Junior Championships (5000 m), sixth at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics (5000 m), 18th at the 1990 European Championships, 18th at the 1996 European Race Walking Cup, 30th at the 1996 Summer Olympics[2] and fourth at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.
She was disqualified at the 1992 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final.[2] She became French champion in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Nathalie Fortain at Olympedia
- ^ a b Nathalie Fortain at World Athletics
- ^ "French Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Poitiers
- French female race walkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for France
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- French Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century French sportswomen
- French athletics biography stubs