Charlotte Dumas (runner)

Charlotte Dumas
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:00.26 (Miramas, 2026) 1500m: 4:27.57 (Lyon, 2024)

Charlotte Dumas (born 7 August 1997) is a French middle-distance runner. She won the 800 metres at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships. She represented France at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Biography

Dumas competed as a youngster for Coquelicot 42 in Saint Etienne.[2] In 2018, she had a three-second improvement over 800 metres whilst competing in La Duchère.[3] Later Dumas became based in Clermont-Ferrand, training with Jean-François Pontier, and a member of Clermont Auvergne Athletics.[4]

Dumas set an indoor personal best for the 800 metres of 2:01.91, on 8 February 2025 in Metz. Later that month, she placed second behind Clara Liberman in the 800 metres at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas.[5][6] Dumas was subsequently selected represent France, and was a semi-finalist in the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, the following month.[7][8]

In January 2026, she defeated Liberman and Agathe Guillemot as she set a meeting record and outright 800 metres lifetime best of 2:00.26 at the Elite Indoor Miramas Meeting, a World Athletics Indoor Tour silver meeting in Miramas.[9] The time also met the automatic qualifying standard for the 2026 World Indoor Championships.[10] Dumas won the 800 metres national title at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere.[11][12] She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026. At the championships in Toruń, she reached the final of the 800 metres.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Charlotte Dumas". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 Feb 2026.
  2. ^ "No final for Charlotte Dumas and Loïc Dubouis". leprogres. 18 Feb 2018. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.
  3. ^ "Happiness is in the Pre-Regionals". Le Progres. 24 Jan 2018. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.
  4. ^ "Athletics: "A goal to go to the European Championships" for Charlotte Dumas". La Montagne. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.
  5. ^ "Charlotte Dumas, médaillée d'argent sur 800 m à Miramas". Le progres. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.
  6. ^ "French Elite Indoor Championships: Raffin and Collet have taken off". Athle.fr. February 23, 2025. Retrieved 11 Feb 2026.
  7. ^ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
  8. ^ "Charlotte Dumas misses out on the final in the 800m at the European Indoor Championships". La Montagne. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.
  9. ^ Trapnell, Jasmine (30 Jan 2026). "Upsets galore as Dumas and Lagtiy Chaoudar surprise in Miramas". European Athletics. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
  10. ^ "The French athletes who have achieved the FFA qualifying standards for the Torun 2026 World Indoor Athletics Championships". Dicodusport.fr. 8 Feb 2026. Retrieved 11 Feb 2026.
  11. ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  12. ^ "French Elite Indoor Championships:Charlotte Dumas and Jordan Terrasse celebrate at home". Stadion-actu. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  13. ^ Monti, David (20 March 2026). "BRUTAL MIDDLE DISTANCE QUALIFYING RACES ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  14. ^ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
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