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Born | 4 December 1993 (30 years, 21 days old) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Meuse, France [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Paris [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 metres 3000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nancy Athlétisme Métropole [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 24 December 2023. |
Aurore Fleury (born 4 December 1993) is a French middle-distance runner. She is the 2021 French Athletics Championships winner at 1500 metres, and the 2022 French Indoor Athletics Championships winner over the same distance.
Originally from Meuse, Fleury studied in Paris and competes for the Nancy Athlétisme Métropole club. [2] She won medals at both the 2019 and 2021 European Cross Country Championships, both times in the mixed relay. [1]
In 2021, Fleury was considered the top French 1500 m runner, but in 2022 she was sidelined by a knee injury. [3]
At the 2022 Rabat Diamond League, Fleury missed the 2022 World Athletics Championships standard in the 1500 m by just 58 hundredths of a second. [4]
Fleury won her first international gold medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, running 4:13 in the 1500 m final. [5]
Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date |
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1500 metres | 4:03.35 | 8th | Herculis | Monaco | 9 July 2021 |
3000 metres | 9:00.58 sh | ![]() | Meeting Elite en Salle de Lyon | Lyon, France | 21 January 2022 |
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