# Fred Mango

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{{short description|French sprinter}}
'''Fred Mango''' (born 26 June 1973) is a retired [French](/source/France) sprinter who specialized in the [400 metres](/source/400_metres).

He competed at the [1998 European Indoor Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1998/m98_07.html|title=1998 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 metres heats|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> the [1998 European Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1998/Men_400m.html|title=Men 400m European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> and the [1999 World Indoor Championships](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres) without reaching the final.<ref name=bio>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He became French indoor champion in 1997 and 1999. Competitors included [Pierre-Marie Hilaire](/source/Pierre-Marie_Hilaire), [Bruno Wavelet](/source/Bruno_Wavelet) and [Marc Raquil](/source/Marc_Raquil).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/frai.htm|title=French Indoor Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref>

In the [4 x 400 metres relay](/source/4_x_400_metres_relay) he won a bronze medal at the [1997 World Indoor Championships](/source/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/world/1997/m97_31.html|title=1997 World Indoor Championships, men's 4 x 400 metres relay final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> and a silver medal at the [1997 Mediterranean Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1997_Mediterranean_Games).<ref>[http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1997.pdf Affiche officielle des JM de Bari 1997] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623145053/http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1997.pdf |date=2014-06-23 }}. [CIJM](/source/Comit%C3%A9_International_des_Jeux_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9ens). Retrieved on 2014-11-02.</ref> The French team also finished sixth at the [1997 World Championships](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1997/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=2 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215300/http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1997/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|archivedate=3 March 2016}}</ref> did not start the final at the [1998 Athletics Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1998/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> finished sixth at the [1999 World Indoor Championships](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/Indoor_1999/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay World Indoor Championship Maebashi (JPN) 1999|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=2 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102143740/http://todor66.com/athletics/world/Indoor_1999/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|archivedate=2 November 2014}}</ref> and fifth at the [1999 World Championships](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1999/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref>

His personal best time was 45.73 seconds, achieved in August 1999 in [Niort](/source/Niort).<ref name=bio/>

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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:French men sprinters
Category:Guadeloupean men sprinters
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Category:20th-century French sportsmen

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