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Mallory Leconte
French sprinter (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mallory Leconte (born 4 October 2000) is a French sprinter. She is a multiple-time French national champion over 100 metres and 60 metres.[1]
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Early life
Leconte and her twin brother Jerry were both talent spotted at school and joined Saint-Denis Emotion athletics club in 2011.[2]
Career
Leconte was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]
She won her first senior national at the title French Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2022 in the 60 metres, running a personal best time of 7.34 seconds.[4] She won the 2022 French Athletics Championships 100 metres title outdoors in Caen in June 2022.[5] She raced at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Germany, where she reached the semi-final of the 100 meters.[6] She also ran as part of the French relay team in the 4 x 100m at the that qualified for the final.[7]
She retained her national title at the 2023 French Athletics Championships in the 100 metres in Albi, with a personal best time of 11.23 seconds.[8] She ran for France at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the women’s 4 x 100 metres relay.[9]
She ran as part of the French 4x100m relay team which finished as runner-up and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10][11]
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Personal life
From Saint-Denis, she attended Paris Nanterre University[12] She was employed as an ambassador for the Seine-Saint-Denis local council and from the Île-de-France region in Paris, to attend local schools and talk to school children prior to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[13]
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