Perennes Paulette Ruddy Zang-Milama (born June 6, 1987 in

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) is a

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ese sprint athlete.

Career

Zang Milama represented

Gabon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gabon competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Athletics ;Men ;Women ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for ...

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. She competed at the

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sprint and placed third in her first round heat after

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and

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in a time of 11.62 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semifinals as her time of 11.59 was the seventh time of her race.Ruddy Zang Milama
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-10-20. In 2010, she won the bronze medal in Doha at the

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010. Bidding and organisation Th ...

. Later that year she won the 100 m silver and 200 m bronze at the

2010 African Championships in Athletics The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 28 July to 1 August 2010. Background The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held i ...

in Nairobi. In 2012, she ran a Gabonese national record twice, ending with a best of 11.03 seconds over 100 m to take the gold medal at the

2012 African Championships in Athletics The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participatin ...

. At the

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, she qualified for the semifinals in the women's 100 m. In 2013, she ran a national record of 7.12 seconds in the 60 metres in Moscow. On 21 May 2014 Zang Milama tested positive for a prohibited substance in an in-competition test. She was subsequently handed a seven-month ban from sport.IAAF
IAAF News #159, January 2015: Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of January 2015
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* 1987 births Living people People from Ogooué-Maritime Province Gabonese female sprinters Doping cases in athletics Gabonese sportspeople in doping cases Olympic athletes of Gabon Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Gabon Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Gabonese people {{gabon-athletics-bio-stub