Makenson Gletty

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Makenson Gletty
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Gletty at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 26)
Mirebalais, Haiti
Sport
Sport Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon: 8,606 (2024)
Heptathlon: 6,230 (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Rome Decathlon

Makenson Gletty (born 2 April 1999 in Mirebalais, Haiti) is a French track and field athlete. He is a national champion in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon. He was a bronze medalist in the decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. [1]

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Career

He was crowned French heptathlon champion at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubière in February 2023, scoring a tally of 6090 points. [2] He competed at the 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships in the indoor heptathlon in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2023, and finished in ninth place overall with 5133 points. [3] [4]

He won the French outdoor national championships decathlon title in Albi, in July 2023 with 8279 points. [5] Competing at the Decastar meeting in Talence, Gletty set a new personal best of 8443 points to win the decathlon at the final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event of the season on 24 September 2023. [6]

He was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in March 2024, and finished in fifth place overall with 6187 points. [7] [8] Competing in the decathlon he was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024, [9] with a personal best tally of 8606 points. [10]

He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in twelfth place overall, having gained 8309 points. [11]

Gletty placed ninth with 8146 points at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [12] [13]

Personal bests

Outdoor

EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Decathlon — Rome 10–11 June 20248,606 points
100 metres 10.55 (+0.4 m/s) Rome 10 June 2024963 points
Long jump 7.59 m (24 ft 10+3⁄4 in) (-1.2 m/s) Rome 10 June 2024957 points
Shot put 16.46 m (54 ft 0 in) Talence 23 September 2023880 points
High jump 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Montpellier 11 May 2019850 points
400 metres 47.48 Saint-Denis 2 August 2024934 points
110 metres hurdles 13.88 (+0.7 m/s) Rome 11 June 2024990 points
Discus throw 46.47 m (152 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Grand Lyon 6 September 2020797 points
Pole vault 5.07 m (16 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Talence 24 September 2023932 points
Javelin throw 62.89 m (206 ft 3+3⁄4 in) Tokyo 21 September 2025781 points
1500 metres 4:27.46 Talence 24 September 2023761 points
Virtual Best Performance8,845 points

Indoor

EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Heptathlon — Aubière 27–28 January 20246,230 points
60 metres 6.89 Aubière 28 January 2023922 points
Long jump 7.33 m (24 ft 1⁄2 in) Aubière 27 January 2024893 points
Shot put 16.95 m (55 ft 7+1⁄4 in) [14] Glasgow 2 March 2024910 points
High jump 1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in) [15] Lyon 3 February 2018785 points
60 metres hurdles 7.79 Miramas 18 February 20241,035 points
Pole vault 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in) Aubière 28 January 2024913 points
1000 metres 2:37.57 Aubière 19 February 2023901 points
Virtual Best Performance6,359 points

Personal life

A native of Haiti, he moved to France at the age of seven years-old. He completed a sports studies program in Montpellier. He trains in Nice, France, where he became a member of the French National Police in January 2023. [2] [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Makenson Gletty". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 Pesce, Nicolas (3 December 2023). "Makenson Gletty: "This year 2023 has been a bubble of emotions"". Sportmag. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Blue White Red Fireworks". Athle.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Men's Heptathlon Results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Outstanding performance from Makenson Gletty! Nicolas Daru and Cynthia Leduc in silver... All the results of the regionals at the French championships this Saturday". ledauphine.com. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Oosterwegel and Gletty end season on a high in Talence". World Athletics. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Makenson Gletty explose son record au poids et se relance aux Mondiaux à Glasgow !". ledauphine.com. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "From misfire to triumph: Makenson Gletty overcomes sound failure to smash record at European Athletics Championships - We Are Wearside". 11 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Historic golds for Austria and Estonia at Roma 2024". European-Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Men's Heptathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". watchathletics.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Makenson Gletty". Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Makenson Gletty, police officer and decathlete: 10 events for 1 champion". Police-nstionale. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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