Daniel Velasques

Roger Velasquez ( Daniel Roger Velasquez, born December 11, 1943 in Markirch ) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 400 -meter run.

In the 1972 Olympics he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of individual petition. In the 4 x 400 - meter relay team, he won the French team in 3:00,65 min the bronze medal behind the relay races from Kenya and the United Kingdom.

In 1974 he won the silver medal in the 4-by- 2 -lap relay at the Indoor Athletics Championships in Gothenburg behind the Swedish squadron. At the European Athletics Championships in Rome, he was a member of the French quartet that won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay. At the Olympic Games in 1976, he retired from the lead of the season.

His personal best of 46.15 s he put up in Colombes on 23 July 1972.

Roger Velasquez is 1,75 m tall and weighed in his playing days 70 kg. He started for the AS Police Paris.