Laura Valette

Laura Valette
Laura Valette in 2017
Personal information
Full nameLaura Lise Valette
Born (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27)
Saint-Herblain, Nantes, France[1]
EducationINSA Rennes
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
ClubNantes Métropole Athlétisme
Coached byRichard Cursaz (2015–)

Laura Lise Valette (born 16 February 1997) is a French athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[3] She won a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and a bronze at the 2015 European Junior Championships.[4]

Her personal bests are 13.04 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.4 m/s, Lille 2017) and 8.13 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Nantes 2017).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  France
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.70 m (w)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 47.22
2014 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.34
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.21 (w)
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th 100 m hurdles 13.42
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th 100 m hurdles 13.85 (w)
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 10th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.64
2018 Mediterranean U23 Championships Jesolo, Italy 1st 100 m hurdles 13.11 (w)
Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 8th 100 m hurdles 13.94
European Championships Berlin, Germany 19th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.22
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.97
World Championships Doha, Qatar 32nd (h) 100 m hurdles 13.47
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 39th (h) 100 m hurdles 14.52
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 18th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.20

References

  1. ^ "FFA profile". Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ Laura Valette at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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