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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 September 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 800m: 1:44.25 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Corentin Le Clezio (born 24 September 1999) is a French middle distance runner. He competed over 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]
He spent time in his childhood in Saint-Caradec. He was a keen handball player in his youth. He attended school in Cergy-Pontoise. [2]
He was a silver medalist over 800 metres at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu in August 2023. [3]
In October 2023, Le Clézio made a three-second improvement on to his personal best for the 800 metres, improving from 1:48.91 to 1:45.61. After this, he hired Vincent Guyot as his coach with the aim to qualify for the upcoming Olympic Games held in his native France. [4]
He met the minimum Olympic standard whilst running in Vienna on 22 June 2024, running 1:44.25. [5] [6] He finished third at the French Athletics Championships in Angers in June 2024. [7] [8]
He competed in the 800 metres race at the 2024 Paris Olympics, placing fourth in his qualifying heat. [9]
He is from Beauvais in the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region. [10]
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