Makenson Gletty

Makenson Gletty
Gletty at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 25)
Mirebalais, Haiti
Sport
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon: 8606 (Rome, 2024)
Heptathlon: 6230 (Aubiére, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome Decathlon

Makenson Gletty (born 2 April 1999 in Mirebalais, Haiti) is a French track and field athlete. He is a national champion in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon.[1]

Career

He was crowned French heptathlon champion at the 2023 French indoor championships in Aubière in February 2023.[2] He competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon in Istanbul in March 2023 and finished in ninth place overall.[3][4]

He won the French outdoor Decathlon title in Albi in July 2023.[5] Competing at the Decastar meeting in Talence, Gletty set a new personal best to win the decathlon at the final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event of the season on 24 September 2023. [6]

He was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow in March 2024, and finished in fifth place overall.[7][8] Competing in the decathlon he was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024,[9] with a personal best tally of 8606 points.[10]

He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in twelfth place overall.[11]

Personal life

He trains in Nice, France, where he is a member of the French national police.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Makenson Gletty". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Pesce, Nicolas (3 December 2023). "Makenson Gletty: "This year 2023 has been a bubble of emotions"". Sportmag. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ^ "The Blue White Red Fireworks". Athle.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Men's Heptathlon Results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Outstanding performance from Makenson Gletty! Nicolas Daru and Cynthia Leduc in silver... All the results of the regionals at the French championships this Saturday". ledauphine.com. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Oosterwegel and Gletty end season on a high in Talence". World Athletics. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Makenson Gletty explose son record au poids et se relance aux Mondiaux à Glasgow !". ledauphine.com. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. ^ "From misfire to triumph: Makenson Gletty overcomes sound failure to smash record at European Athletics Championships - We Are Wearside". 11 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Historic golds for Austria and Estonia at Roma 2024". European-Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.