Frédérique Bangué

Frédérique Bangué medal table
Sprinter
France France
World championships
silver	2001 Edmonton	4 × 100 m
European championships
gold	1998 Budapest	4 × 100 m
Indoor world championships
bronze	1997 Paris	60 m
European Indoor Championships
silver	1998 Valencia	60 m

Frédérique Bangué (born December 31, 1976 in Lyon ) is a former French sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter run , but her greatest successes were in the 60-meter run and with the French 4 x 100 meters Season celebrated.

In 1995 she started at the World Championships in Gothenburg in the 100-meter run and reached the quarter-finals there.

At the World Indoor Championships in Paris in 1997 , she won the bronze medal in the 60-meter run in 7.17 s behind Gail Devers from the United States and Chandra Sturrup from the Bahamas . In the same year Bangué reached the semifinals at the World Championships in Athens over 100 meters. A year later she won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia . With her time of 7.18 s she only had to admit defeat to the German Melanie Paschke .

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1998 , she was able to celebrate winning the European title in the 4 x 100 meter relay. In second position, she and Katia Benth , Sylviane Félix and Christine Arron relegated the German and Russian squadrons to their places in a time of 42.59 s .

At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton , Bangué won the silver medal in the relay together with Sylviane Félix, Muriel Hurtis and Odiah Sidibé . With a time of 42.39 s, the French quartet reached the goal behind the German and in front of the Jamaican team. Bangué also started over 100 meters in Edmonton, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

In addition, Bangué was a total of three times French champion in the 100-meter run (1997-1998, 2001).

Frédérique Bangué was 1.79 m tall and weighed 61 kg. After the end of her sporting career, she began a career as a radio presenter and worked for Radio Monte Carlo and France 4 , among others .