Edith Noeding (born November 3, 1954, in Lobitos District) is a retired female track and field athlete from Peru, who competed in the hurdles event during her career. She won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the women's 100 metres hurdles event. There Noeding set her personal best in the women's 100 metres hurdles event on October 19, 1975, clocking 13.56 in Mexico City. She represented Peru at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Bouabdallah "Bob" Tahri (born 20 December 1978) is a retired
middle-distance and long-distance French runner, who was born in Metz. He competed mainly in the 3000 m steeplechase distance. He also competes in the 2000 m steeplechase, 1500 m, mile, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10000 m and cross-country running. He has won several medals at major international championships such as the World Championships, European Championships and the European Indoor Championships. Moreover, he has won medals in the European Cup, European Team Championships, IAAF World Cup, IAAF Continental Cup and the IAAF World Athletics Final.
In June 2009, Tahri improved his 2000 m outdoor steeplechase European record with a run of 5:15.36 in Nancy, France. He set a new 3000 m outdoor steeplechase European record of 8:01.18 in finishing third in the final of the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. On 25 June 2010, Tahri set a new world-record time of 5:13.47 in the 2000m outdoor steeplechase race in Tomblaine, France. The previous world-record time of 5:14.43 was set on 21 Aug 1990 by Julius Kariuki. But Tahri's 2000m outdoor steeplechase world record was broken only 5 days later by his compatriot Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. On 29 June 2010, Tahri won the 3000m outdoor steeplechase race in Metz in the world's fastest time (8:03.72) of the year. He retired after running 3000 meters at the 2016 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.
Gilles Quénéhervé (born 17 May 1966) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Marie Poissonnier (born 4 May 1979 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme) is a female pole vaulter from France. Her personal best jump is 4.46 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Saint-Etienne.
She finished twelfth at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi and won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis. Participating at the 2004 Olympics, she failed to qualify from her pool.
Laurence Manfredi (born 20 May 1974 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes) is a French shot putter.
She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in 1997, 1999 and 2003 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final round.Manfredi has been a dominating figure in the national competitions – a win at the 2010 French Indoor Championships was the 30th national title of her career.Her personal best throw is 18.68 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Castres.
Jimmy Lomba (born 30 June 1978 in Lille, France) is a French athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. Lomba competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.
Pascal Lefèvre (born 25 January 1965 in Saint-Quentin) is a retired javelin thrower from France, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but did not reach the final. He set his personal best (82.56 m) on 28 August 1989 in Duisburg, at the Summer Universiade. Lefévre was nine times French national champion in the men's javelin event (1987–1995).
Khalid Lachheb (born 16 January 1975) is a retired pole vaulter from France.
He set his personal best (5.80 metres) on 25 August 1998 at a meet in Lausanne. He has a twin brother, Taoufik Lachheb, who is also a former pole vaulter (personal best at 5.72 metres). They were both students at Polytechnique (Paris, France), a well-known institution for engineering.
Julien Kapek (born 12 January 1979 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French triple jumper.
His personal best is 17.38 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine. This result places him fourth on the all-time French performers list, only behind Serge Hélan and Karl Taillepierre.
Laurent Hernu (born 22 August 1976 in Creil, Oise) is a French decathlete. In 2015, Hernu coached about 20 other athletes, including French sprint athlete Marie Gayot.