Alphonse Yanghat (4 May 1947 – 18 April 2018)Biography of Alphonse Yanghat
was a

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er from the

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. He set a personal best of 10.4 seconds for the

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in 1972 and gained selection to compete at the

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.Alphonse Yanghat
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-01. At the Olympics he finished seventh in his heat (second last ahead of Liberia's Andrew Sartee). Having represented his country at the age of fifteen, he became the youngest ever Olympic competitor for the Republic of Congo.Republic of the Congo London 2012
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'' (2012). Retrieved on 2014-02-01. He is also the youngest runner ever to compete in the men's

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1947 births 2018 deaths Republic of the Congo male sprinters Olympic athletes for the Republic of the Congo Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{RCongo-athletics-bio-stub