 Solenn Compper in Glasgow, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 7.96 (Glasgow, 2024) 100m hurdles: 12.92 (Oran, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Solenn Compper (born 14 March 1995) is a French track and field athlete who competes as a sprint hurdler. [1]
Compper was a sprinter until 2018 when with her trainer Alain Lastécouères she moves to the sprint hurdles as a new challenge. The following sunmer she finished fourth in the French Elite championships in the 100m hurdles in a time of 12.99 seconds. [2]
On July 3, 2022, she won the 100m hurdles title at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, bringing her personal best to 12.92 seconds. [3]
She missed the 2023 summer season with injury. In September 2023, she changed coaches following the retirement of Alain Lastécouères, Frédéric Demaneche became her coach. [4] In February 2024, she was third at the French national indoor championships in Miramas. [5] She then won the 60 metres hurdles at the Elite Meeting in Nantes in a time of 8.01 seconds. [6] She was selected for the French team for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. [7] At the event she ran a personal best time of 7.96 seconds and reached the semi-finals. [8]
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