Bérénice Cleyet-Merle
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance running, Long distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:01.63 (Decines, 2023) 1500m: 4:03.91 (Monaco, 2023) Mile: 4:26.06 (Monaco, 2023)NR 3000m: 9:26.77 (Allendale, 2021) Road: Mile: 4:34.41 (Riga, 2023)NR | ||||||||||||||
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Bérénice Cleyet-Merle (born 24 October 1994) is a French middle distance and long distance runner. She became French indoor national champion over 1500 metres in 2023. She is the French national record holder in the mile on the track and the road.[1]
Career
She was the gold medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubière.[2] In March 2023, she competed in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, over 1500 metres, but did not qualify for the final.[3]
Competing in Monaco at the 2023 Herculis, part of the 2023 Diamond League, on 21 July 2023, she broke the French national record for the mile run of 4:26.68, set the previous month by Alice Finot, in running 4:26.06.[4]
She ran 4:34.31 to set a new French national record in the road mile on 1 October 2023 at the World Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, finishing in seventh place overall.[5][6]
In December 2023, she won a gold medal in the mixed cross country relay race at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium, alongside Antoine Senard, Sarah Madeleine, and Alexis Miellet.[7]
She suffered a twisted ankle on the track in the pre-race warm up during the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, which ruled her out of competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]
She was runner-up to Agathe Guillemot in the 1500 metres at the 2025 French Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025.[9] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, where she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres, placing ninth overall.[10][11]
Personal life
From Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires she attended the University of Indianapolis.[12] She has a degree in psychology and a masters degree in business administration.[13] She has a Latvian grandmother.[14]
References
- ^ "Bérénice Cleyet-Merle". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's 1500m Results". Watch Athletics. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Faith Kipyegon explodes the mile world record in Monaco". lequipe.fr. July 21, 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Bérénice Cleyet-Merle dans le Top 8 mondial sur le mile à Riga". L'Est Républicain. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Road Running Championships". World Athletics. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ Goursaud, Etienne (December 13, 2023). "ATHLETICS2023 European Cross-country Championships: France European champion in the mixed relay". Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ ""My ankle turned more than 100°": injured, Bérénice Cleyet-Merle will miss the Paris Games". estrepublicain.fr. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
- ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "FRENCH STANDOUT BERENICE CLEYET-MERLE SEEKING BIG FINISH TO RECORD-BREAKING RUN AT UINDY". Runnerspace. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Rising Stars: Meet Bérénice Cleyet-Merle of Nashville American Track League Meet". Nashville Voyager Magazine. Nashville's Most Inspiring Stories. August 19, 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Flury, Jerome (30 September 2023). "Bérénice Cleyet-Merle at the Riga road world championships, to the delight of her Latvian grandmother". estrepublican. Retrieved 19 June 2024.