Louise Carton

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Louise Carton athletics

Louise Carton - EK Cross 2014.jpg
Carton 2014

nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
birthday 16th April 1994 (age 26)
place of birth Ostend ,  Belgium
size 172 cm
Weight 57 kg
Career
discipline Medium and long distance running
status active
Medal table
U23 European Championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
EAA logo U23 European Championships
silver Tallinn 2015 5000 m
last change: January 24, 2017

Louise Carton (born April 26, 1994 in Ostend ) is a Belgian athlete who competes in medium and long-distance running .

Athletic career

Carton started her career in cross-country skiing and became European champion in the U23 age group in 2015. From 2015, however, she also concentrated more and more on the stadium races and won the silver medal at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships in the Estonian capital Tallinn .

With a new personal best in the night van de Atletiek in Heusden-Zolder , Carton was able to qualify for the European Championships in Amsterdam , where she finished seventh. She also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , but there she failed to reach the semi-finals and was eliminated in the preliminary round.

For her athletic achievements, she was awarded the Golden Spike Award as a young talent in 2015.

Top performances

open air

  • 1500 meters: 4: 10.98 min, on August 1st, 2015 in Ninove
  • 3000 meters: 8: 58.25 min, on June 29, 2016 in Ninove
  • 5000 meters: 15: 23.82 min, on July 18, 2015 in Heusden-Zolder

Web links

Commons : Louise Carton  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: women's 5000m heats - Rio 2016 Olympic Games ( English ) IAAF. August 16, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Carton, Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH East End