Sylviane Félix

Sylviane Felix (born 31 October 1977 in Créteil, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Sylviane Félix
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 Paris4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2001 Edmonton4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place1997 Athens4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Budapest4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2002 Munich4 × 100 m relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1997 Bari4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2001 Tunis4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2005 Almería100 metres
Bronze medal – third place1997 Bari100 m
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place1995 Nyiregyhaza200 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1996 Sydney200 m

Felix started running at age fifteen. She suffered knee and back injuries which forced her out of competition for two years between 1998 and 2000. She did not know anything about athletics and was not particularly interested in it but she won her first race. "The sensations were extraordinary so I continued with it." Her best senior solo result was finishing 4th in the 200m final at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich.

Felix was the 1996 world junior 200m champion. Her occupation is police officer. She is a graduated sociologist. She finished 5th in the 200m final and 7th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Personal Bests
  • 100m: 11.15 s
  • 200m: 22.56 s
  • French Record Holder in 4 × 100m Relay in 2003, time: 41.78 s


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