Bruno Marie-Rose (born 20 May 1965 in
Bordeaux
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) is a retired
sprinter from
France
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. He was a member of the French team which set a
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in the
4 x 100 metres relay
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in 1990 with a time of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal at the
European Championships
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. He also set a
world indoor record
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for
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in 1987 with a time of 20.36 seconds to win the gold medal at the
European Indoor Championships. He earned a silver medal at the
1991 World Championships and a bronze medal at the
1988 Olympic Games
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as a member of French 4 × 100 m relay teams.
Biography
In 1987, Marie-Rose set a world indoor record of 20.36 seconds in the 200 m to win the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in
Liévin
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. (The time was subsequently bettered, however it remains the
French national indoor record.) Marie-Rose also won the 200 m silver medal at the
1987 World Indoor Championships in
Indianapolis
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.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in
Seoul
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, Marie-Rose won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay with his teammates
Gilles Quénéhervé
Gilles Quénéhervé (born 17 May 1966) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Biography
At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 24 ye ...
,
Daniel Sangouma
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 rela ...
and
Max Morinière
Max Morinière (born 16 February 1964 in Fort-de-France) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 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 also reached the final of the 200 m at the games, finishing in eighth place.
At the
1990 European Championships in
Split
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, the French 4 × 100 m relay team of Morinière, Sangouma,
Jean-Charles Trouabal and Marie-Rose set a
world record
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of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal. (The record was bettered the following year by the
Santa Monica Track Club Santa Monica High School Girls Track team first coach is Dalal M. Ahmad, a USC graduate doing her second semester of student student teaching . She was placed in charge of the team in 1972 during her second semester of student teaching
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from the
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.)
Men's 4 x 100m. Relay. World Record Progression
- Sporting Heroes Marie-Rose also reached the final of the 100 metres
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at the championships, where he finished fourth.
At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo
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, Marie-Rose was a member of the French team which won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
Marie-Rose is a former French indoor record holder over 60 metres
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with a time of 6.56 seconds.
International competitions
1Did not finish in the final
References
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1965 births
Living people
French male sprinters
French people of Martiniquais descent
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Sportspeople from Bordeaux
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
Universiade bronze medalists for France
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade