Anne-Marie Colchen

Anne-Marie Colchen-Maillet (8 December 1925 – 26 January 2017) was a French former track and field athlete and women's basketball player. She was born in Le Havre, France.

Career
She became France's first high jump champion at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and held the French record for the event for ten years. She represented France in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics.Colchen-Maillet Anne-Marie. French Basketball Federation. Retrieved on 2015-11-01. 

In basketball she was the highest scorer at the 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women, helping France to third place. She was a member of the French national team for the European Women's Basketball Championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956.Anne-Marie Colchen . Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-11-01.

After retiring from active competition she went into coaching.Présidence de la République Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. France Phaleristique. Retrieved on 2015-11-01. Colchen was inducted into the Gloire du sport (the French national sports hall of fame) in 2002.

Death
Colchen died on 26 January 2017 in Paris, France, aged 91.

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Category:1925 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Centers (basketball)
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Category:French basketball players
Category:High jumpers
Category:People from Le Havre
Category:Sportspeople from Normandy