Marguerite Radideau (5 March 1907 – 14 March 1978) was a French sprinter and basketball player who participated in early women's international competitions. She won two gold, one silver, and one bronze at the

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and competed in the 1928 Olympic Games.

Athletic career

Radideau competed at the

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winning the bronze medal in running 100 yards. She competed in 60–250 m events at the 1926 Women's World Games and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal. She participated in the 1928 Olympic Games at Amsterdam, she placed fourth in the

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(alongside Yolande Plancke, Georgette Gagneux and Lucienne Velu) and failed to reach the final of the 100 m event. Radideau was also a basketball player for Linnet's de Saint-Maur and won three French Champion titles in 1928, 1929, and 1930. With the French national team, she competed in the 1930 European Championship where she won gold and in the 1930 World Championship in which she won silver. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020. Radideau stopped competing in 1931 after her marriage.

Personal life

Radideau married Emile Schoebel, a diver who participated in the

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, in 1931. Their son, Pierre Schoebel, was a French

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who participated in the

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References

1907 births 1978 deaths French female sprinters Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletes from Paris Women's World Games medalists 20th-century French sportswomen Olympic female sprinters {{France-sprint-bio-stub