Bérénice Cleyet-Merle
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance running, Long distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:01.63 (Decines, 2023) 1500m: 4:03.91 (Monaco, 2023) Mile: 4:26.06 (Monaco, 2023)NR 3000m: 9:26.77 (Allendale, 2021) Road: Mile: 4:34.41 (Riga, 2023)NR | ||||||||||||||
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Bérénice Cleyet-Merle (born 24 October 1994) is a French middle distance and long distance runner. She became French indoor national champion over 1500 metres in 2023. She is the French national record holder in the mile on the track and the road.[1]
Career
[edit]She was the gold medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubière.[2] In March 2023, she competed in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul over 1500 metres.[3]
In Monaco in July 2023, she set a new French national record for the mile previously held by Alice Finot, running 4:26.06.[4]
She ran 4:34.31 to set a new French national record in the road mile on 1 October 2023 at the World Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia.[5]
In December 2023, she won a gold medal in the mixed cross country relay race at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels.[6]
Personal life
[edit]From Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires she attended the University of Indianapolis.[7] She has a degree in psychology and a masters of business administration.[8] She has a Latvian grandmother.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bérénice Cleyet-Merle". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's 1500m Results". Watch Athletics. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Faith Kipyegon explodes the mile world record in Monaco". lequipe.fr. July 21, 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Bérénice Cleyet-Merle dans le Top 8 mondial sur le mile à Riga". L'Est Républicain. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Goursaud, Etienne (December 13, 2023). "ATHLETICS2023 European Cross-country Championships: France European champion in the mixed relay". Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "FRENCH STANDOUT BERENICE CLEYET-MERLE SEEKING BIG FINISH TO RECORD-BREAKING RUN AT UINDY". Runnerspace. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Rising Stars: Meet Bérénice Cleyet-Merle of Nashville American Track League Meet". Nashville Voyager Magazine. Nashville's Most Inspiring Stories. August 19, 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Flury, Jerome (30 September 2023). "Bérénice Cleyet-Merle at the Riga road world championships, to the delight of her Latvian grandmother". estrepublican. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
