Ruddy Zang Milama

Ruddy Zang Milama

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Gabon
World Indoor Championships
	2010 Doha	60 metres
African Championships
	2012 Benin	100 m
	2010 Nairobi	100 m
	2010 Nairobi	200 m

Perennes Paulette Ruddy Zang-Milama (born June 6, 1987 in Port-Gentil) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Gabon.

Zang Milama represented Gabon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Shelly-Ann Fraser and Vida Anim in a time of 11.62 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi finals as her time of 11.59 was the seventh time of her race.^[1]

In 2010 she won the bronze medal in Doha at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Later that year she won the 100 m silver and 200 m bronze at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics in Nairobi. In 2012 she ran a Gabonese national record twice, ending with a best of 11.03 seconds over 100 m to take the gold medal at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics. In 2013 she ran a national record of 7.12 seconds in the 60 metres in Moscow.

On 21 May 2014 Zang Milama tested positive for a prohibited substance in an in-competition test. She was subsequently handed a seven-month ban from sport.^[2]

References

1. Ruddy Zang Milama. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-10-20.
2. IAAF: IAAF News #159, January 2015: Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of January 2015

• Ruddy Zang Milama profile at IAAF