Laëticia Bapté

Laëticia Bapté
Bapté in 2022
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
60m hurdles, 100m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Laëticia Bapté (born 8 February 1999) is a French track and field athlete. She is a multiple-time national champion in the 60m hurdles. She has competed for France in multiple major championships, including the 100 metres hurdles at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Biography

She is from Fort-de-France, on the island of Martinique,[1] She finished third in the U20 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 CARIFTA Games, finishing behind the winner Amoi Brown of Jamaica.[2]

Bapté won her first French title in the 60m hurdles at the 2021 French Indoor Athletics Championships, running a new personal best time of 7.93 to do so.[3] She was selected for the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she reached the semi-finals.[4]

She won the French national 60m hurdles title for a second time in 2022.[5] Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Bapté reached the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles.[6]

Bapté won a third French title over 60m hurdles in 2023.[7] She was chosen to compete at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships and reached the final with the second fastest time of 7.91 seconds.[8] In the final, she finished fifth overall in a time of 7.97 seconds.[9]

She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She ran 12.92 seconds in the repechage round but did not qualify for the semi-finals.[10]

She set a new personal best over 60m hurdles, running 7.85 seconds, in Liévin on 13 February 2025.[11] She lowered her personal best again, running 7.76 seconds to win the French Athletics Indoor Championships in Miramas on 22 February 2025.[12] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, where she reached as far as the semi-finals.[13][14]

Competing indoors in January 2026, Bapte secured a win over 60 metres hurdles at the Meeting de Paris Indoors.[15] Competing at the Meeting de l’Eure in Val-de-Reuil, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting on 1 February 2026, Bapté ran 7.95 seconds for the 60 metres to finish in the same time as Saara Keskitalo ahead of Alaysha Johnson.[16] The following weekend, she again finished in the same time as Johnson, winning in 7.90 seconds at the Madrid World Indoor Tour Gold.[17] She won the 60 metres hurdles title at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere.[18] In March 2026, she ran in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, reaching the semi-finals.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Laëticia Bapté". Martiniqueannu.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Ja top Carifta table once more". Jamaica Gleaner. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Athletics: Bosse beaten, Mayer satisfied, Bapte and Jordier shine". France24. 20 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Torun 2021: no final for Laeticia Bapté". France.tv. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ "VIDEO. Athletics: Laeticia Bapté, French champion in the 60m hurdles". Ouest-France.fr. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Athlé – Laeticia Bapte éliminé en demi-finale du 100 m haies". Sans-filtre.fr. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Athletics: Laeticia Bapté French champion in 60m hurdles". lefigaro.fr. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Kadınlar 60 metre engellide finalistler belli oldu". cumhuriyet.com. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  9. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's 60m Hurdles Results". Watch Athletics. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Women's 100m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin". World Athletics. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Kambundji storms to 7.03 60m at the Swiss Indoor Championships". European Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Women's 60m hurdles Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  14. ^ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Sarah Lavin achieves 60m hurdles worlds standard in Paris". RTE. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  16. ^ Broadbent, Chris (1 February 2026). "1:57.49! Werro smashes her Swiss indoor 800m record in Val-de-Reuil". European Athletics. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  17. ^ "Attaoui breaks European short track 1000m record in Madrid as De Sousa leaps to world lead". World Athletics. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  18. ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  19. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  20. ^ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
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