Roger Vélasques

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Daniel Roger•Vélasques
Used name	Roger•Vélasques
Born	11 December 1943 in Sainte-Marie, Martinique (MQE)
Measurements	175 cm / 70 kg
Affiliations	AS Police Paris
NOC	France

Medals	OG
Gold	0
Silver	0
Bronze	1
Total	1

Biography

Personal Best: 400 – 46.15 (1972).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1972 Summer Olympics	Athletics	FRA			Roger Vélasques
	400 metres, Men (Olympic)		6 h3 r2/4
	4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)	France	3	Bronze
1976 Summer Olympics	Athletics	FRA			Roger Vélasques
	4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)	France	4 h2 r1/2

Special Notes

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships (0–1–0 1974 Göteborg silver: 4×392 m relay)

Errata

Surname : Vélasques not Velasquez (Martinique origin not hispanic) His surname was improperly written in Olympedia as in many other sources like wikipedia. FFA database and Martinique websites have the right spelling.