Laëticia Bapté

Laëticia Bapté

Bapté in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	60m hurdles, 100m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60m hurdles: 7.90s (2023) 100m hurdles: 12.79s (2022)

Laëticia Bapté (born 8 February 1999) is a French track and field athlete. She is a three-time national champion in the 60m hurdles.

Career

From Fort-de-France, on the island of Martinique,[1] Bapté won her first French title in the 60m hurdles at the 2021 French indoor championships, running a new personal best time of 7.93 to do so.[2] She was selected for the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she reached the semi-finals.[3]

She won the French national 60m hurdles title for a second time in 2022.[4] Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Bapté reached the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles.[5]

Bapté won a third French title over 60m hurdles in 2023.[6] She was chosen to compete at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships and reached the final with the second fastest time.[7]

She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]

References

1. "Laëticia Bapté". Martiniqueannu.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. "Athletics: Bosse beaten, Mayer satisfied, Bapte and Jordier shine". France24. 20 February 2021.
3. "Torun 2021: no final for Laeticia Bapté". France.tv. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. "VIDEO. Athletics: Laeticia Bapté, French champion in the 60m hurdles". Ouest-France.fr. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
5. "Athlé – Laeticia Bapte éliminé en demi-finale du 100 m haies". Sans-filtre.fr. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
6. "Athletics: Laeticia Bapté French champion in 60m hurdles". lefigaro.fr. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
7. "Kadınlar 60 metre engellide finalistler belli oldu". cumhuriyet.com. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
8. "Women's 100m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

External links

• Laëticia Bapté at World Athletics