Daniel Sangouma

Daniel Sangouma

Personal information
Full name	Daniel René Claude Sangouma
Born	7 February 1965 (1965-02-07) (age 59) Saint-Denis, Réunion
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m : 10.02 (Villeneuve-d'Ascq 1990) 200m : 20.20 (Casablanca 1989)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  France Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4x100 m relay European Championships 1990 Split 4 x 100 m relay 1994 Helsinki 4 x 100 m relay 1990 Split 100 m

Daniel René Claude Sangouma (born 7 February 1965 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.

Biography

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his teammates Bruno Marie-Rose, Gilles Quenehervé and Max Morinière.

At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Morinière, Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal and Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the Santa Monica Track Club from the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the Weltklasse Zurich meet.^[2] With 10.02 seconds Sangouma is also a former French record holder in the 100 metres.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  France
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	4th	200 m	21.36
	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	4th	200 m	21.13
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	200 m	21.78
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	200 m	21.57
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.40
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	100 m	10.17
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	100 m	10.17
			1st	200 m	20.20
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.75
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	100 m	10.04 w (+2.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.79
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	37.87
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	60 m	6.64
			2nd	200 m	20.64
1993	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	3rd	100 m	10.35
			1st	200 m	20.76
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	60 m	6.65
			1st	200 m	20.68
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th (sf)	200 m	20.98 (+0.5 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.57

References

External links

• Daniel Sangouma at World Athletics

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