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Kora Boufflert

Kora Boufflert (born Sommerfeld on 23 April 1966 at the Havre) is a former French athlete, who specialized in race walking.

Biography

Very early on attracted by the ultra-distance walk racing (145 km at the 24 hour walk of Rouen in 1987), she also had a career in speed walking.

In 1993 and 1994 she won two caps for France for the 10km walk. In 1994 and 1995 she beat the world records for the 100&nbsp;km walk (10h13:56 at Roubaix on 9 October 1994) and the 50&nbsp;km< walk (4h41:57 on 17 September 1995).

She won Paris-Colmar Women's walk race (25-27 May 1995) covering the 333&nbsp;km course in 45h02.

Having achieved her sporting goals, she stopped high-level competition for several years.

Upon her return, she retook her place at the top of the hierarchy of ultra-distance walk racing. On 24 April 2005, at Bar le Duc, she established a new standard for long-distance walking. She covered 170&nbsp;km in 19 h 56 min 41 s, and in 2006 she won a second female Paris-Colmar race walk.

In 2007, she competed in the male Paris-Colmar walk. She ended at 7th place covering 451&nbsp;km in 63h16.

The following years she turned to the 24 hours race walk. She received 2 new international selections in 2008 and 2009, and she walked 224&nbsp;km 440m on 1 May 2008 at the 24 h Brive race walk.

Personal Bests

  • <span class="nowrap">3 000&nbsp;m</span> walk : 13 min 33 s 8
  • <span class="nowrap">5 000&nbsp;m</span> walk : 23 min 51 s 5
  • <span class="nowrap">10&nbsp;km</span> walk : 48 min 48 s
  • <span class="nowrap">20&nbsp;km</span> walk : 1 h 43 min 15 s
  • <span class="nowrap">50&nbsp;km walk</span> : 4 h 41 min 57 s
  • <span class="nowrap">100&nbsp;km</span> walk : 10 h 13 min 56 s
  • <span class="nowrap">170&nbsp;km</span> walk : 19 h 56 min 41 s
  • 24 h course : <span class="nowrap">224.440&nbsp;km</span>

References