Louise Maraval

French athlete (born 2001)
Louise Maraval
Louise Maraval (left) with her silver European 400 m hurdles medal, together with gold medalist Femke Bol and bronze medalist Cathelijn Peeters
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2001-07-31) 31 July 2001 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 mH: 54.23 (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome 400 m hurdles
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Espoo 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Espoo 400 m hurdles

Louise Maraval (born 31 July 2001) is a French hurdler and sprinter. In 2023, she became French national champion over 400 metres hurdles. In 2024, she won the silver medal at the European Championships.[1]

Career

She runs for Entente Sèvre in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre in the Vendée department of the Pays de la Loire region.[2]

She was a silver medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[3]

In February 2023, she was runner-up in the 400 metres at the French indoor championships in Aubiere.[4] She was a silver medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[5] At the championships she also won gold anchoring the French team in the women's 4x400m relay.[6] She won the French national title in the 400m hurdles in July 2023 in Albi.[7]

She competed for France at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest as part of the French mixed 4 × 400 m relay which set a new national record in 3:12:25 and finished in fourth place in the final.[8]

She ran as part of the French Mixed 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[9]

In May 2024, Maraval moved to second in the all-time French list for the 400m hurdles, behind Marie-José Pérec, by running 54.44 in Marseille. In doing so she also achieved the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[10] On 10 June 2024, she ran a personal best 54.36 to qualify for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. In the final she came away with the silver medal behind Femke Bol, and lowered her personal best to 54.23 seconds.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Louise Maraval". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Athletics. Louise Maraval and Pays de la Loire in the women's 4 x 400m final at the Worlds". Ouest-France. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ Ventouillac, Marc (July 11, 2021). "European Youth Championships: The final bouquet!". athle.fr. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ Poirier, Bruno (February 20, 2023). "The 400 m, the new dimension of Louise Maraval". Athlétisme. ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ Ventouillac, Marc (July 16, 2023). "Yanis Meziane (800 m) and the 4x400 m women's European champions Espoirs". Lequipe.fr. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ Yeye, Arlette (July 16, 2023). "Athletics: The women's 4x400m relay titled after the Louise Maraval show". Dicodusport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  7. ^ Rolnin, Annabelle (July 30, 2023). "What to remember from the 3rd day of the French Championships in Albi". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Athlétisme : de Saint-Égrève à Budapest pour Louise Maraval". Ledauphine.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Athlétisme - Mondiaux de relais. Louise Maraval : « Une expérience supplémentaire qui va me servir »". Ouest-France. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Hudson spears European lead and Austrian record of 66.06m in Eisenstadt". European athletics. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  11. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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