Simone Chapoteau

Simone Chapoteau Pierson (November 3, 1902 – March 11, 1980) was a French athlete, born in Haiti.

[2] Chapoteau was a track-and-field athlete in the 1920s, competing in running, pentathlon, shotput, javelin, and long jump events in Paris and Monte Carlo.

[3] She was on several record-setting French relay teams, including a 1922 win with Andrée Darreau, Georgette Lenoir, and Cécile Maugars.

[5][6] She won silver and bronze medals at the French national championships in Bry-sur-Marne in 1926, in Roubaix in 1927, and in Paris in 1928.

[9] In 1928, Chapoteau founded the Cercle féminin de Paris [fr], an athletic club.