Roger Velasquez
Roger Velasquez ( Daniel Roger Velasquez ; born December 11, 1943 in Markirch ) is a former French sprinter who specialized in the 400-meter run .
At the 1972 Olympic Games , he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the individual competition. In the 4 x 400 meter relay , he won the bronze medal behind the relay from Kenya and the United Kingdom with the French team in 3: 00.65 min.
In 1974 he won the silver medal in the 4-by-2-round relay at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg behind the Swedish relay. At the European Athletics Championships in Rome , he was a member of the French quartet, which received the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay. At the 1976 Olympics , he was eliminated in the run-up to the season.
He set his personal best of 46.15 s on July 23, 1972 in Colombes .
Roger Velasquez is 1.75 m tall and weighed 70 kg during his playing days. He started for the AS Police Paris.
literature
- European Athletics Association (Ed.): Statistics Manual. Munich 2002 (published on the occasion of the European Championships 2002)
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )
Web links
- Athlete portrait at the FFA
- Roger Velasquez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Velasquez, Roger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Velasquez, Daniel Roger (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Markirch |