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)
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 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

References

External links

• Daniel Sangouma profile at IAAF