Alphonse Yanghat (4 May 1957 – 18 April 2018)Biography of Alphonse Yanghat was a track and field sprinter from the Republic of the Congo. He set a personal best of 10.4 seconds for the 100 metres in 1972 and gained selection to compete at the 1972 Munich Olympics.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).Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-01. 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. USA Today (2012). Retrieved on 2014-02-01. He is also the youngest runner ever to compete in the men's 100 metres at the Olympics.
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