Katia Benth
Katia Benth (* November 15, 1975 in Cayenne, French Guiana) is a former French sprinter.
Your most significant achievements, it achieved as a member of French 4 x 100 - meter relay. The European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest she won as first leg together with Frédérique Bangue, Sylviane Félix Christine Arron and in a time of 42.59 s the title. At the World Athletics Championships in 1999 in Seville, they won the silver medal in the relay. Here, the French quartet in the lineup Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis, Katia Benth and Christine Arron ran with a time of 42.06 s a new national record and was beaten only the season of the Bahamas.
As a single starter Benth won at the Universiade 1997 in Catania in the 200 -meter run and the silver in the 100 -meter run as well as the bronze medal at the Universiade 1999 in Palma de Mallorca another silver medal in the 100 m. They also won at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1999 in Bridgetown both 100 m and 200 m. She was twice champion of France in 1999 in the 100 -meter run and 2003 in the 200 -meter run. In their three World Cup starts over 100 m or 200 m between 1997 and 2001 they never came across the quarterfinal round addition.