Roger Bambuck (born 22 November 1945 in Pointe-a-Pitre

Pointe-à-Pitre

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, Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

) was a French

France

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 athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

 held in Mexico City

Mexico City

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 in the 100 metres (finalist) and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil

Gérard Fénouil

Gérard Fenouil is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal and Roger...

, Jocelyn Delecour

Jocelyn Delecour

Jocelyn Delecour was a French athlete, who won the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metre relay...

 and Claude Piquemal

Claude Piquemal

Claude Piquemal was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur and Jocelyn Delecour.Piquemal and...

. In the 100 and 200m. individual men's final he finished fifth with times of 10.16 and 20.51 seconds respectively. Earlier in 1968 he had equalled Armin Hary

Armin Hary

Armin Hary is a German athlete. In 1960 he became the first non-American since 1928 to win the Olympic 100 metres.Born in Quierschied, Saarland, after playing football in his youth, Hary switched to sprinting at age 16...

's eight year-old European record

European record progression 100 metres men

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 of 10.0 seconds.

He also was minister of Youths and Sports under Michel Rocard

Michel Rocard

Michel Rocard is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party . He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991, during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion , a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and led the Matignon Accords regarding the status...

in 1988 in France and he had the honour of starting the 24 hour Le Mans race.