Sarah Richard

Sarah Richard
Personal information
NationalityFrench
BornSarah Richard-Mingas
(1998-04-02) 2 April 1998
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 11.35 (Montgeron, 2024)
200 m: 23.22 (Chateauroux, 2019)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Rome4 × 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gävle200 m
Silver medal – second place2019 Gävle4 × 100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Grosseto4 × 100 m relay

Sarah Richard Mingas (born 2 April 1998) is a French sprinter. She was French national champion in the 200 metres in 2019. She won the silver medal with the French 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

She was a silver medalist in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy in July 2017.[2] She won French junior titles in 2018 in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.[3]

On 19 March 2019, she was named in the French team for the 2019 World Athletics Relays in Yokohama, Japan in May 2019.[4] She was a bronze medalist in the 200 metres at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden. At the same championships, she won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.[5] She became French national champion in the 200 metres in 2019 at the French Athletics Championships in St Etienne.[6]

In May 2024, she set a new personal best for the 100 metres, running 11.35 seconds in Montgeron.[7] She won silver with the French 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[8] In July 2024, she ran as part of the French relay team at the 2024 London Athletics Meet, part of the 2024 Diamond League.[9]

She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[10][11] In September 2025, she competed as the French team placed sixth overall in the women's 4 × 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13]

In May 2026, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[14][15] On 25 July 2026, she placed second in the 100 metres at the 2026 French Championships.[16]

Personal life

She is from Goussainville, Val-d'Oise.[17] She is a member of Le Centre de Ressources, d'Expertise et de Performance Sportive (CREPS) in Poitiers, France and in 2024 was studying for a bachelors degree at the EDHEC Business School.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Richard". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Val d'Oise. The sprinter from Goussainville, Sarah Richard Mingas achieves the double at the French junior championships". actu.fr. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "France names team of 40 for IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019". World Athletics. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Upper European Championships: Estelle Raffai in silver, Sarah Richard Mingas in bronze over 200 meters". L'Équipe. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Val d'Oise. Rain of medals at the French Athletics Championships". actu.fr. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "The summary of a crazy weekend for the French". dicodsport.fr. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Results - London Diamond League 2024". Watch Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Women's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "France names team for World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25". World Athletics. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "WRE Gaborone 26 preview: global medallists clash in women's 4x100m". World Athletics. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  16. ↑ Clot-Amiot, Victor (25 July 2026). "Black confirme, Miellet monte en puissance… les 5 temps forts de la 2e journée des Championnats de France d'athlétisme 2026". dicodusport. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Athletics: the next generation of the Valdois sprint". actu.fr. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "Creps de Poitiers: for Sarah Richard-Mingas, "it is important to combine" high-level sport and studies". La Nouvelle Republique. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.