Colette Besson (7 April 1946 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (Charente-Maritime) – 9 August 2005 in La Rochelle) was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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“I am devoted to those who endured, like Colette. It is easier ... to kiss the world a bitter goodbye than to go on working, writing, changing, enduring the slings & arrows of outrageous aging. Colette endured. And she wrote & wrote & wrote. Whenever I feel really depressed, I think of her & keep going.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)