Nelly Banco (born February 17, 1986, at Châtenay-Malabry) is a French

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, specialising in the

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. In 2004, Nelly Banco won the bronze medal in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

during the Junior World Championships at Grosseto. The French team, also made up of Natacha Vouaux,

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and aurélie kamga, established a new French junior record for the discipline in 43 68 s. French Junior Champion in the 200m in 2005, Nelly won a new bronze medal in the 400m relay at the Junior European Championships at

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. Under 21s Champion of France in the 100 meters and 200 meters in 2006, she finished second in the 200 m at the under 21s European Championship at

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behind the Russian

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. His personal best of 200m is 22.98s, set in 2012 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. In 2010, Nelly Banco ran in the preliminary 4 × 100 m heats at the

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and allowed the French team to qualify for the final (43 35 s).Results of the European Championships 2010
On the site of the EAA, July 31, 2010 Not selected for the final, she nevertheless received the silver medal for being part of the team in the previous rounds.

Personal records

* 200 m : 22.98s (2012)

External links

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Biography
on the site of the French Athletics Federation
All-Athletics site profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banco, Nelly French female sprinters 1986 births Living people People from Châtenay-Malabry Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games