Camille Place

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Camille Place
Personal information
Born (2003-07-13) 13 July 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
Middle-distance running, Long-distance running, Cross country running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Lagoa U23 team

Camille Place (born 13 July 2003) is French middle-, long-distance, and cross country runner. She became French champion over 5km in 2025. That year, she was a gold medalist in the under-23 team event at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships. [1]

Career

From Bugey, Ain, Place trained at EA Bourg-en-Bresse. She placed second over 1500 metres at the French under-20 championships in Mulhouse in 2022. [2]

Place won the French junior cross country title in March 2024, placing fifth overall including the senior racers. [3] She also placed fifth in the under-23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [4] [5]

Place became a member of EA Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, training with the Yvelines Performance Middle-Distance Team. [6] [7] Competing in Brussels, Place set a personal best in the 5000m in May 2026, running a time of 15:33.67. [8] [9]

In October 2025, Place won the French road running 5km title in Fréjus in a time of 16:03 in her first senior race. [10] [11] Place won the gold medal in the under-23 team event at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal, placing seventh overall as the second French finisher behind Julia David-Smith. [12] [13]

References

  1. "Camille Place". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. Rapy, Serge (16 July 2022). "Le bonheur pour Laporte, la déception pour Place". Leprogres.fr. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. Alloy, Xavier (March 10, 2024). "Camille Place from Ain, French junior champion: "This result is the culmination of all my efforts."". Leprogres.fr. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
  4. "30th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. Alloy, Xavier (8 Dec 2024). "European Cross Country Championships: Promising Top 5 for Camille Place from Ain". leprogres.fr.
  6. "Camille PLACE, French Elite 5km Road Race Champion". easqy.fr. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. "Yvelines shines, two training partners climb onto a national podium together". 29 October 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
  8. "European U23 qualifying standard for Camille Place". easqy.fr. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
  9. "IFAM Outdoor". World Athletics. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  10. "French Senior 5 km Road Running Championships & U23 Women". World Athletics. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  11. "Camille Place from Ain crowned French 5km champion". Leprogress.fr. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
  12. "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  13. Broadbent, Chris (14 Dec 2025). "Spain's Forero holds off Mononen for women's U23 gold in Lagoa 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2025.