Alphonse Yanghat Explained

Alphonse Yanghat (4 May 1947  - 18 April 2018)[1] was a track and field sprinter from the Republic of the Congo. He set a personal best of 10.4 seconds for the 100 metres in 1972 and gained selection to compete at the 1972 Munich Olympics.[2]

At the Olympics he finished seventh in his heat (second last ahead of Liberia's Andrew Sartee).[3] Having represented his country at the age of fifteen, he became the youngest ever Olympic competitor for the Republic of Congo.[4] He is also the youngest runner ever to compete in the men's 100 metres at the Olympics.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.adiac-congo.com/content/vient-de-paraitre-la-vie-cachee-dun-homme-connu-devy-yang-126292 Biography of Alphonse Yanghat
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/alphonse-yanghat-1.html Alphonse Yanghat
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-100-metres-round-one.html Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Round One
  4. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/country/Republic%20of%20the%20Congo/663035 Republic of the Congo London 2012