Marisa De Aniceto (born 11 November 1986 in
Luanda
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) is a French track and field athlete. She competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in the
women's heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...
event placing 21st.
Biographie
In
2009
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, Marisa produced a score of 6080 points
to win the
French 2009 National Championships at
Valence
In May 2012, Marisa De Aniceto won the track meet at
Tenerife
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and raised her personal best to 6182 points, meeting the standard for qualifying for the London Olympics.
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Living people
1986 births
Sportspeople from Luanda
French heptathletes
Angolan emigrants to France
Olympic athletes for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
21st-century French sportswomen
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