Sylviane Felix (born 31 October 1977 in

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, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the

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at the

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. Felix started running at age fifteen. She suffered knee and back injuries which forced her out of competition for two years between 1998 and 2000. She did not know anything about athletics and was not particularly interested in it but she won her first race. "The sensations were extraordinary so I continued with it." Her best senior solo result was finishing 4th in the 200 m final at the

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in Munich. Felix was the 1996 world junior 200 m champion. Her occupation is police officer. She is a graduated sociologist. She finished 5th in the 200 m final and 7th in the 100 m final at the

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Personal Bests

* 100 m: 11.15 s * 200 m: 22.56 s * French Record Holder in 4 × 100 m Relay in 2003, time: 41.78 s

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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Créteil Athletes from Val-de-Marne French female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France Olympic bronze medalists for France French people of Martiniquais descent World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics French police officers Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Olympic female sprinters French Athletics Championships winners 21st-century French sportswomen 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub