Clara Liberman

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Clara Liberman
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:00.16 (Rouen, 2024) 1500m: 4:09.43 (Lyon, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Apeldoorn 800 m

Clara Liberman (born 5 April 2000) is a French middle-distance runner. In 2025, she became French indoor champion and European Indoor Championships silver medalist over 800 metres. [1]

Career

In 2021, she joined the Marc Reuzé training group at Haute Bretagne Athlétisme, which includes French internationals Léna Kandissounon and Agathe Guillemot. [2] At the 2023 French Athletics Championships , she was runner-up in the 800 metres in 2:02.54, behind Kandissounon, but ahead of Anaïs Bourgoin. [3]

In February 2024, she won the bronze medal at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas, running 2:03.07 to finish behind Bourgoin and Kandissounon. [4] In June 2024, she acted as a pacemaker to help her club teammate Agathe Guillemot achieve the automatic qualifying time for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 1500 metres. [5] Later that month, she finished third over 800 metres at the French Championship in Angers. [6] In July 2024, she set a personal best 2:00.16 for the 800 metres whilst running in Rouen. [7]

In January 2025, she set a new indoor personal best 800 metres time of 2:01.56 in Nantes. [8] The following month, she won her first French national title winning over that distance in Miramas. [9] She was subsequently selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, where she qualified for the final of the 800 metres. [10] [11] She won a silver medal in the final, in a time of 2:02.32. [12]

References

  1. "Clara Liberman". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  2. "At the heart of "Team kRocket", the group of Agathe Guillemot and Léna Kandissounon, who want to make athletics cool". Le Telegramme. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  3. "What to remember from the 3rd day of the French Championships in Albi". Lequipe. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  4. "Athlétisme. Léna Kandissounon vice-championne de France en salle du 800 m devant Clara Liberman". Ouest-France.fr. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. "Athlétisme. Championnats de France : la Rennaise Clara Liberman accélère le temps". Ouest-France.fr. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. "Clara Liberman wins bronze in the 800m at the French championships". Le Telegramme. June 29, 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  7. "Athlétisme. Clara Liberman bat encore son record sur 800 m et passera bientôt sous les deux minutes". Ouest France. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  8. "Meziane and Liberman provide a French double in the 800m in Nantes". European Athletics. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  9. "Athlétisme. « Pour l'instant, c'est une saison parfaite » : Clara Liberman en pleine confiance". Ouest France. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  10. "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
  11. Crumley, Euan (Mar 8, 2025). "Jeremiah Azu flies to 60m success in Apeldoorn". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  12. Crumley, Euan (Mar 9, 2025). "Netherlands come out on top in Apeldoorn". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2025.