Laura Valette

Laura Lise Valette (born 16 February 1997) is a French athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.^[3] She won a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and a bronze at the 2015 European Junior Championships.^[4]

Laura Valette

Laura Valette in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Laura Lise Valette
Born	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) Saint-Herblain, Nantes, France[1]
Education	INSA Rennes
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Club	Nantes Métropole Athlétisme
Coached by	Richard Cursaz (2015–)

Her personal bests are 13.04 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.4 m/s, Lille 2017) and 8.13 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Nantes 2017).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  France
2013	European Youth Olympic Festival	Utrecht, Netherlands	1st	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.70 m (w)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	47.22
2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	1st	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.34
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.21 (w)
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	100 m hurdles	13.42
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	100 m hurdles	13.85 (w)
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	10th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.64
2018	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Jesolo, Italy	1st	100 m hurdles	13.11 (w)
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	8th	100 m hurdles	13.94
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.22
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.97
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	32nd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.47
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	39th (h)	100 m hurdles	14.52
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	18th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.20

References

1. "FFA profile". Retrieved 17 October 2018.
2. "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 18 October 2018.
3. Laura Valette at World Athletics
4. "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.