Daniel Sangouma

Daniel Sangouma

Personal information
Born	7 February 1965
Medal record Men’s Athletics Competitor for  France Olympic Games Bronze 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay World Championships Silver 1991 Tokyo 4x100 m relay European Championships Gold 1990 Split 4 x 100 m relay Gold 1994 Helsinki 4 x 100 m relay Silver 1990 Split 100 m

Daniel 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.^[1] With 10.02 seconds Sangouma is also a former French record holder in the 100 metres.

Achievements

Representing  France
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	4th	200 m[2]
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	200 m[3]
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	200 m[4]
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	4 x 100 m relay
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	100 m[5]
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	100 m
			1st	200 m
			1st	4x100 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	100 m
			1st	4 x 100 m relay
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	4 x 100 m relay
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	60 m[6]
			2nd	200 m[7]
1993	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	3rd	100 m[8]
			1st	200 m[8]
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	60 m[9]
			1st	200 m[10]
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	4 x 100 m relay

References

External links

• Daniel Sangouma profile at IAAF