Rénelle Lamote

Rénelle Lamote
Lamote at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born26 December 1993 (1993-12-26) (age 31)
Coulommiers, France
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
ClubRacing Multi Athlon
Coached byGilles Garcia, Bruno Gajer
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Amsterdam 800 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 800 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich 800 m
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Glasgow 800 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tallinn 800 m

Rénelle Lamote (born 26 December 1993)[1] is a French middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a triple European Athletics Championships silver medallist in the event from 2016, 2018 and 2022. Lamote won also a silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

She was the 800 m 2015 European Under-23 champion.

Career

Rénelle Lamote was born to an Guadeloupean mother and a French father.

She represented her country at the 2014 European Championships and 2015 European Indoor Championships, reaching the semifinals on both occasions.[1]

Her personal bests in the 800 metres are: 1:57.06 outdoors (London 2024) and 2:01.97 indoors (Glasgow 2015).[1]

Competition record

Representing  France
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 16th (sf) 800 m 2:05.83
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 23rd (h) 800 m 2:07.63
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 13th (h) 800 m 2:10.89
2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 6th 4x800 m relay 8:17.54
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 13th (sf) 800 m 2:03.90
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 9th (sf) 800 m 2:09.06
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st 800 m 2:00.19
World Championships Beijing, China 8th 800 m 1:59.70
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 2nd 800 m 2:00.19
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 44th (h) 800 m 2:02.19
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 800 m 2:00.62
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd 800 m 2:03.00
World Championships Doha, Qatar 20th (sf) 800 m 2:02.86
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 8th (sf) 800 m 1:59.40
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 18th (sf) 800 m 2:00.86
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd 800 m 1:59.49
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st (sf) 800 m 2:01.25
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 5th 800 m 1:58.19

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rénelle LAMOTE – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-01.


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