Solenn Compper
 Solenn Compper in Glasgow, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 7.96 (Glasgow, 2024) 100m hurdles: 12.92 (Oran, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
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Solenn Compper (born 14 March 1995) is a French track and field athlete who competes as a sprint hurdler.[1]
Career
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]
References
- ^ "Solenn Compper". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "En 2022, l'athlète antillaise Solenn Compper a réintégré la maison bleue et gagné l'or à Oran". francetvinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "ORAN 2022: 15 MEDALS INCLUDING 9 GOLD AND SAILING IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON SUNDAY IN ALGERIA!". Franceolympique. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Solenn Compper reunites with the French athletics team for the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow". francetvinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Athletics. The podiums and complete results of the French indoor championships in Miramas". Maville. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Donnaux, Romain (28 February 2024). "In Nantes, Wilhem Belocian achieves the minimums for the indoor Worlds". Lequipe.
- ^ "Athletics: at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, 13 Blues including two West Indians and some chances of podiums". francetvinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's 60m hurdles Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
