Denise Guénard née Laborie; (13 January 1934 – 23 May 2017) was a French athlete who specialised in the combined events and competed at three Olympics from 1952 to 1964.

Guénard won the silver medal in the pentathlon during the 1962 European Athletics Championships, at Belgrade, with a total of 4,735 points, beaten that day by the Soviet Galina Bystrova.

[1] Guénard finished second behind Betty R. Moore in the 80 metres hurdles event at the British 1962 WAAA Championships.

[2][3][4] Guénard was an extremely versatile athlete since she won a total of 20 individual events at French National championships in five different disciplines: the 80 metres hurdles, the high jump, the long jump, the discus throw, and the pentathlon.

She was selected 47 times for French national athletic teams.