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 European Cross Country Championships 2025 Lagoa U23 team

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. That year, she was a gold medalist in the under-23 team event at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships. ^[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]}

Competing in the under-23 race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal, she won the gold medal in the team competition, placing fifth overall individually, leading home three French woman in the top ten with Camille Place and Nélie Clément. ^{[10] [11]}

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.
10. "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
11. 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.