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Mallory Leconte

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Mallory Leconte
Leconte in 2022
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 7.26 (Mondeville, 2023)
100m: 11.23 (Albi, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2024 Nassau 4×100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tallinn 4x100m relay

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]

Early life

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Leconte and her twin brother Jerry were both talent spotted at school and joined Saint-Denis Emotion athletics club in 2011.[2]

Career

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Leconte was a bronze medalist in the 4x100 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[3]

She won her first senior title French senior championship in February 2022 in the 60m indoors, with a personal best time of 7.34 seconds.[4] She won the 2022 French Athletics Championships 100m title outdoors in Caen.[5] She raced at the 2022 European Championships in Munich where she reached the semi-final of the 100 meters.[6] She also ran as part of the French relay team in the 4x100m at the that qualified for the final.[7]

She retained 2023 French Athletics Championships 100m title in Albi with a personal best time of 11.23 seconds.[8] She ran for France at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[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 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10][11]

Personal life

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From Saint-Denis, she attended Paris Nanterre University[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Mallory Leconte". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ Riondet, Anouk (September 29, 2021). "2024 Olympics: "the dream of a lifetime" is being prepared "with family" for the athletes of the Saint-Denis Émotion club". medium.com.
  3. ^ "The men's 4x400m titled at the Euro hopefuls". www.lequipe.fr. July 12, 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ Lehousse, Christophe (April 15, 2022). "Génération Jeux, a five-year term of champions". seinesaintdenis.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  5. ^ "A Zhoya record, disappointment for the French 100m... What to remember from Saturday". ledauphine.com. June 26, 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Munich 2022 / athletics: Mallory Leconte qualified for the semi-finals of the women's 100m". france.tv. August 15, 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Athletics. European Championships: what can the three French relays aim for in the final?". Ouest-France. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ Rolnin, Annabelle (July 29, 2023). "What to remember from the 2nd day of the French Championships in Albi". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ Ventouillac, Marc (May 6, 2024). "Worlds: two podiums for the blue 4x100 m, the men's 4x400 m fails to obtain direct qualification for the Olympics". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  12. ^ Goude, Renaud (August 15, 2022). "Interview Mallory Leconte". lifa-athle.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2024.