Philippe Clerc

{{Short description|Swiss sprinter (born 1946)}} {{about||the Swiss lichenologist|Philippe Clerc (lichenologist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image=Philippe Clerc 1970.jpg | image_size = |caption= |birth_date= {{birth-date and age|24 December 1946}} |birth_place=[[Port-Valais]], Switzerland | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |sport=Athletics |event=100 m, 200 m |club= CS Le Mouret, Stade Lausanne |pb=100 m – 10.42 (1970)<br> 200 m – 20.50 (1969) |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{SUI}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1969 European Athletics Championships|1969 Athens]]|[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Athens|[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}} }} '''Philippe Clerc''' (born 24 December 1946) is a former [[Switzerland|Swiss]] sprinter who won a bronze and a gold medal in the 100 and 200 m at the [[1969 European Athletics Championships]], respectively. He competed in these events at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], but failed to reach the finals.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/philippe-clerc-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011422/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/philippe-clerc-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> He was married to English sprinter [[Janet Simpson]], who died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 14 March 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Janet Simpson: international athlete|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=29 March 2010|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7079382.ece|accessdate=2010-10-30}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

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