How tall is Marie-José Pérec?

Marie-José Pérec's listed height is 180 cm (5'11"). She is taller than about 99% of women in France.

Where 180 cm sits among women in France

Taller than about 99% of women in France born in 1968 (average 163.8 cm).

About Marie-José Pérec

Marie-José Pérec is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three-time Olympic gold medallist. She was born on 9 May 1968 in Basse-Terre, in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, and moved to Paris when she was 16.

Pérec first represented France in the 200 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, reaching the quarter-finals. She won the 400 metres world title at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo and again at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. Her first Olympic gold medal came in the 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. At the 1996 Atlanta Games she won both the 200 and 400 metres, the second Olympic double of its kind after Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984.

Pérec is listed at 180 cm (5'11"). Her winning time in the 1996 400 metres, 48.25 seconds, was an Olympic record and stood until Salwa Eid Naser surpassed it in October 2019.

Frequently asked

How tall is Marie-José Pérec in feet and inches? Marie-José Pérec is 5'11" tall, which is 180 cm, 70.9 inches or 1.80 m.

Is Marie-José Pérec tall for women in France? At 180 cm she is taller than about 99% of women in France born in 1968, whose average height is 163.8 cm.

Sources

• Marie-José Pérec on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Marie-José Pérec on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 180 cm.
• Marie-José Pérec on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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