Marguerite Patouillet (13 June 1899 — 8 May 1950) was a French track and field athlete. She was specialized in the high jump and long jump but also competed in the 80 meters. She was active during the 1920s, during the early era of women's athletics. She had multiple international victories. Next to that she was four times national champion and national record holder in the high jump.[1]
At the 1924 National Athletics Championships she became national champion in the high jump and long jump. The next year at the 1925 championships she won again the national title in high jump and became also national champion in the standing long jump.[9]
She improved three times the French national record in the high jump. The first time was on 14 July 1924 with a height of 1.45 meters. The next year she improved it to 1.47 meters on 7 June 1925 and later to 1.50 meter on 2 August 1925. Her record was broken in August 1926.
Personal life
Patrouillet was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on 13 June 1899. Her father Edmond Louis Patouillet was a butcher and her mother Camille Rosa Louet a giletière.[10] She didn’t marry. She died at home in the 17th arrondissement on Rue des Dardanelles [fr] on 8 May 1950 at the age of 50 years old.[11]
