Daniel Sangouma

Daniel Sangouma
Personal information
Born 7 February 1965
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)

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 team mates 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 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.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  France
1985 European Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 4th 200 m[3] 21.13
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 4th 200 m[4] 21.78
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th 200 m[5] 21.57
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.40
1989 World Cup Barcelona, Spain 3rd 100 m[6] 10.17
Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 1st 100 m 10.17
1st 200 m 20.20
1st 4 × 100 m 38.75
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 2nd 100 m 10.04 w (wind: +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 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.57

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