Needy Guims is a retired French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

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At the 1998 European Championships

1998 European Championships in Athletics

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 he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay

4 x 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...

 with teammates Thierry Lubin

Thierry Lubin

Thierry Lubin is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Christophe Cheval, Frederic Krantz and Needy Guims...

, Frederic Krantz

Frédéric Krantz

Frédéric Krantz is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Christophe Cheval and Needy Guims...

 and Christophe Cheval

Christophe Cheval

Christophe Cheval is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he finished sixth in his main event and won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz and Needy Guims...

. As the European champions Great Britain fielded their own World Cup team, the French relay team was selected to represent Europe at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, finishing sixth while Great Britain won the event.

Guims competed in relay at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics as well. His personal best time was 10.20 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Bondoufle

Bondoufle

Bondoufle is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.Inhabitants of Bondoufle are known as Bondouflois.In 1994 the city hosted the Francophonie Games in Robert Bobin stadium, built for the occasion.-References:**...

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