![]() Camille Le Joly at the Championships of France 2013. | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 1 March 1992 31) Angers | (age
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Sport | |
Event(s) | Combined track and field events |
Club | Entente Angevine Athlétisme |
Camille Le Joly (born 1 March 1992 at Angers) is a French athlete who specializes in the combined events.
She began athletics in 2004 in the SCJB club of Angers. In 2010, she placed 14th in the World Junior Championships, at Moncton, in Canada. A Junior Champion of France in the heptathlon in 2011, she finished 13th at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn. [1]
In early 2013 season, she won the National French Indoor title for the pentathlon at the French Indoors championships, at Aubière, with a personal best of 3,995 pts. In July 2013, she won the national title in the heptathlon at the French championships at Charléty Stadium in Paris, finishing second in the actual competition behind the British Grace Clements. [2]
Event | Performance | Location | Date |
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Heptathlon | 5,560 pts | Paris | 13 July 2013 |
Pentathlon (Indoors) | 3 995 pts | Aubière | 17 February 2013 |
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