René Piller (born 23 April 1965 in

Héricourt, Haute-Saône Héricourt () is a commune in the Haute-Saône Haute-Saône (; Frainc-Comtou: ''Hâte-Saône''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a popu ...

) is a retired male

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

from

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, who competed in three

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during his career.

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1965 births Living people People from Héricourt, Haute-Saône French male race walkers Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Haute-Saône Athletes from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté French Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-racewalk-bio-stub