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.

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Daniel Sangouma

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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

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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.