Corentin Le Clezio (born 24 September 1999) is a French middle distance runner. He competed over 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 September 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 800m: 1:44.25 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editHe spent time in his childhood in Saint-Caradec. He was a keen handball player in his youth. He attended school in Cergy-Pontoise.[2]
Career
editHe was a silver medalist over 800 metres at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu in August 2023.[3]
In October 2023, Le Clézio made a three-second improvement on to his personal best for the 800 metres, improving from 1:48.91 to 1:45.61. After this, he hired Vincent Guyot as his coach with the aim to qualify for the upcoming Olympic Games held in his native France.[4]
He met the minimum Olympic standard whilst running in Vienna on 22 June 2024, running 1:44.25.[5][6] He finished third at the French Athletics Championships in Angers in June 2024.[7][8]
He competed in the 800 metres race at the 2024 Paris Olympics, placing fourth in his qualifying heat.[9]
Personal life
editHe is from Beauvais in the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Corentin le Clezio". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Saint-Caradec: Corentin Le Clézio, selected for the Olympic Games in the 800m". letelegramme.fr. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 – Athletics: "I had to put my ego aside," says Beauvaisian Corentin Le Clézio competing in the men's 800m". courrier-picard. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Corentin Le Clezio also achieves the minimum for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the 800m". lequipe. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Corentin Le Clezio, first selection for the 2024 Olympics!". 13commeune.fr. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Cergy-Pontoise athletics: Corentin Le Clezio at the Olympics!". actu.fr. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "The meteoric rise of Corentin Le Clezio, qualified for the Olympics in the 800m". lequipe. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 – athletics: Picard Corentin Le Clézio will have to go through the repechages". courrier-picard. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Jeux Olympiques. Le Beauvaisien Corentin Le Clézio ira en repêchages". oisehebdo.fr. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.