Brigitte Nganaye

Brigitte Nganaye

Personal information
Nationality	Central African Republic
Born	(1973-10-28) 28 October 1973 (age 51)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	800 metres

Brigitte Nganaye (born 28 October 1973) is a Central African Republic middle-distance runner and sprinter. She competed in the women's 800 metres and 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics, setting a national record in the latter event. ^[1]

Nganye set her 800 metres personal best in 1991, running 2:12.43 minutes. ^[2]

She entered in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres at the Barcelona Olympics. In the 800 m, she ran 2:15.70 to place 6th in her quarter-final. In her 1500 m quarter-final the following month, Nganye ran 4:33.57 to finish 13th. Her 1500 m time set a national record that still stands as of 2025 ^[update] . ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Nganaye transitioned to sprinting events in the mid to late 1990s, setting Central African Republic national records in both Olympic relay distances. At a February 1993 meeting in Bangui, she set the national 4 × 400 metres relay record, anchoring her country's team to run 3:57.4. At a July 1999 competition in Garoua, Nganaye ran the second leg of a national 4 × 100 metres relay team to set another Central African Republic record of 49.3 seconds. ^[5]

She represented the Central African Republic at the 1999 All-Africa Games in the 400 metres, placing 8th in her semi-final there. ^[6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brigitte Nganaye Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
2. Brigitte Nganaye at Olympedia
3. Brigitte Nganaye at Tilastopaja (registration required)
4. Brigitte Nganaye at World Athletics
5. "WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS SILESIA 2021 FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
6. "Women 400m Athletics VII All Africa Games Johannesbourg (RSA) 1999". todor66.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.