Claude Bénard

Claude Edmond Adonis Bénard (6 October 1926 – 27 August 2025) was a French athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.

A native of Paris, in his later years Bénard lived in Orléans with his wife Rosine Faugouin (1930–2018), also a former athlete. He died in Paris on 27 August 2025, at the age of 98.