Auriana Lazraq-Khlass

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Auriana Lazraq-Khlass
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Auriana Lazraq-Khlass in 2023
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pentathlon: 4394 (Aubiére, 2023)
Heptathlon: 6635 (Rome, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rome Heptathlon

Auriana Lazraq-Khlass (born 22 April 1999) is a French track and field athlete who competes in multi-events. She won the French national championships in the Heptathlon in 2024. [1]

Career

From Metz, [2] Lazraq-Klass recorded a new Pentathlon personal best score in Clermont of 4394 in January 2023. [3]

She recorded a new Heptathlon personal best in Montpellier when she recorded over 6000 points for the first time in May 2023. [4] She was runner-up at the French national championships in the Heptathlon in Albi in July 2023 with a new personal best tally of 6153 points. [5] [6] She was selected to compete at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [7] She scored a new personal best score of 6179 points and finished twelfth overall. [8]

She won the French national championships in the Heptathlon in Oyonnax in May 2024 with a personal best tally of 6209 points. [9] She was a silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, setting five individual personal bests during the competition, and scoring a total personal best of 6635 points. [10] [11]

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