Julia David-Smith

Julia David-Smith

Personal information
Born	(2003-01-24) 24 January 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 2:08.88 (2025) 1500m: 4:10.03 (2025) Mile: 4:36.66 (2025) 3000m: 8:59.06 (2024) 5000m: 15:34.57 (2025)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   France Summer World University Games 2025 Bochum 5000 m

Julia David-Smith (born 24 January 2003) is a French middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games. ^[1]

Early and personal life

She was born to a French mother, from Couëron, and American father. She studied in the United States at Issaquah High School where she was a Washington State junior cross country champion, and later at the University of Washington. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Career

She is a member of Nantes Métropole Athlétisme. She set personal best times over 800m, 1,500m, mile, 3,000m, 5,000m in 2025. She placed seventh the women's 5,000m, running a time of 15:39.97, in Carquefou in June 2025 on the World Athletics Challenger Continental Tour. ^[2]

She finished in fourth place for the 5000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. ^{[5] [6]} The following week she won the gold medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany in the 5000 metres, with a personal best of 15:34.57. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

1. "Julia David-Smith". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
2. "Athletics. Julia David-Smith will make her first appearance for the French Under-21 team". Ouest-France. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
3. "Issaquah's David-Smith wins 4A state cross-country meet". Issaquah High School. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
4. "Issaquah's Julia David Smith cruises to Class 4A state cross-country title". Seattle Times. Nov 9, 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
5. "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
6. "U23 European Championships: Maria Forero wins gold in 5000 meters". Kondis.no. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
7. "FISU World University Games 2025: Praveen Chithravel wins triple jump silver medal; Seema impresses in 5000m". Olympics.com. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
8. "German athletes get a taste of the medals". Leichtathletik.de. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
9. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.