Alphonse Yanghat

Alphonse Yanghat (4 May 1947 – 18 April 2018)^[1] 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.^[2]

At the Olympics he finished seventh in his heat (second last ahead of Liberia's Andrew Sartee).^[3] Having represented his country at the age of fifteen, he became the youngest ever Olympic competitor for the Republic of Congo.^[4] He is also the youngest runner ever to compete in the men's 100 metres at the Olympics.^[2]