Bruno Marie-Rose

Bruno Marie-Rose

Personal information
Born	20 May 1965
Medal record Men’s Athletics Competitor for France Olympic Games Bronze 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay World Championships Silver 1991 Tokyo 4x100 m relay World Indoor Championships Silver 1987 Indianapolis 200 m European Championships Gold 1990 Split 4 x 100 m relay Bronze 1986 Stuttgart 100 m European Indoor Championships Gold 1987 Liévin 200 m Bronze 1986 Madrid 60 m Bronze 1989 The Hague 200 m Bronze 1990 Glasgow 200 m

Bruno Marie-Rose (born 20 May 1965, in Bordeaux) is a retired sprinter from France . He was a member of the French team which set a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1990 with a time of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal at the European Championships. He also set a world indoor record for 200 metres in 1987 with a time of 20.36 seconds to win the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships. He earned a silver medal at the 1991 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games as a member of French 4 x 100 m relay teams.

Biography

In 1987, Marie-Rose set a world indoor record of 20.36 seconds in the 200 m to win the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in Liévin. (The time was subsequently bettered, however it remains the French national indoor record.) Marie-Rose also won the 200 m silver medal at the 1987 World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Marie-Rose won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay with his teammates Gilles Quénéhervé, Daniel Sangouma and Max Morinière. Marie-Rose also reached the final of the 200 m at the games, finishing in eighth place.

At the 1990 European Championships in Split, the French 4 x 100 m relay team of Morinière, Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal and Marie-Rose set a world record of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal. (The record was bettered the following year by the United States.) Marie-Rose also reached the final of the 100 metres at the championships, where he finished fourth.

At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Marie-Rose was a member of the French team which won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 m relay.

Marie-Rose is a former French indoor record holder over 60 metres with a time of 6.56 seconds.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing France
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	60 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	3rd	100 m
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	1st	200 m	World Indoor Record (20.36 sec)
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	2nd	200 m
	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	3rd	100 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	8th	200 m
			3rd	4 x 100 m relay
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	3rd	200 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	2nd	100 m
			2nd	200 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd	200 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th	100 m
			1st	4 x 100 m relay	World Record (37.79 sec)
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	4 x 100 m relay

References

• IAAF profile for Bruno Marie-Rose