Isabelle Black

Isabelle Black

Personal information
Born	(2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint, Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200m: 23.66 (2025) 400m: 51.94 (2025)

Isabelle Black (born 8 February 2000) is a French sprinter. She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

Black started competing in athletics seriously in 2019 and is a Montpellier Athletic Méditerranée Métropole athlete. She won her first national under-23 title in July 2022 when she became the French U23 champion in the 400 metres in Albi, running personal best times in the heat and in the final, where she won with a time of 54.14 seconds. ^{[2] [3]}

Black ran 51.94 seconds for the 400 metres to win the Championnats d'Île-de-France Elites race in July 2025. ^[4] She placed fourth in the 400 metres at the senior French Athletics Championships in August 2025, running a time of 52.39 seconds in Talence. ^[5]

She was selected for the French team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running as part of the French women's 4 x 400 metres team which qualified for the final. ^{[6] [7]}

Personal life

She is the daughter of British sprinter Roger Black and French sprinter Elsa Devassoigne. ^[2]

References

1. "Isabelle Black". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
2. "Athletics: The golden summer of Isabelle Black, daughter of Elsa De Vassoigne and Roger Black". Midi Libre. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
3. "High-level French Espoirs Championships!". eacpa.fr. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
4. "Championnats d'Île-de-France Elites". World Athletics. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
5. "French Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
6. "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
7. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.