Prudent Joye

Prudent Raymond Joye (15 December 1913 – 1 November 1980) was a French track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles.

Born in Roubaix on 15 December 1913, he began competing at the elite level of athletics in his early twenties and broke Jean Bouin's French record on 23 July 1936, running a time of 53.4 seconds.

He ran in the heats of the men's 400 metres hurdles and was somewhat unfortunate to be eliminated as his time of 54.1 seconds was the sixth fastest of the round.

[1] The men's events were held at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris and Joye was the only athlete to reach the top of the podium for the host nation.

He gradually moved towards training other athletes and he received his final selection for the national team in 1945, the year that France returned to international competition.

The Stade Olympique de Colombes was the venue for Joye's European victory.