Makenson Gletty
Gletty at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1999 Mirebalais, Haiti | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8,606 (2024) Heptathlon: 6,230 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Makenson Gletty (born 2 April 1999 in Mirebalais, Haiti) is a French track and field athlete. He is a national champion in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon. He was a bronze medalist in the decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
He was crowned French heptathlon champion at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubière in February 2023, scoring a tally of 6090 points.[2] He competed at the 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships in the indoor heptathlon in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2023, and finished in ninth place overall with 5133 points.[3][4]
He won the French outdoor national championships decathlon title in Albi, in July 2023 with 8279 points.[5] Competing at the Decastar meeting in Talence, Gletty set a new personal best of 8443 points to win the decathlon at the final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event of the season on 24 September 2023.[6]
He was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in March 2024, and finished in fifth place overall with 6187 points.[7][8] Competing in the decathlon he was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024,[9] with a personal best tally of 8606 points.[10]
He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in twelfth place overall, having gained 8309 points.[11]
Personal bests
Outdoor
| Event | Performance | Location | Date | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decathlon | — | Rome | 10–11 June 2024 | 8,606 points |
| 100 metres | 10.55 (+0.4 m/s) | Rome | 10 June 2024 | 963 points |
| Long jump | 7.59 m (24 ft 10+3⁄4 in) (-1.2 m/s) | Rome | 10 June 2024 | 957 points |
| Shot put | 16.46 m (54 ft 0 in) | Talence | 23 September 2023 | 880 points |
| High jump | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Montpellier | 11 May 2019 | 850 points |
| 400 metres | 47.48 | Saint-Denis | 2 August 2024 | 934 points |
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.88 (+0.7 m/s) | Rome | 11 June 2024 | 990 points |
| Discus throw | 46.47 m (152 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Grand Lyon | 6 September 2020 | 797 points |
| Pole vault | 5.07 m (16 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Talence | 24 September 2023 | 932 points |
| Javelin throw | 61.64 m (202 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Saint-Paul | 19 December 2020 | 763 points |
| 1500 metres | 4:27.46 | Talence | 24 September 2023 | 761 points |
| Virtual Best Performance | 8,827 points | |||
Indoor
| Event | Performance | Location | Date | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heptathlon | — | Aubière | 27–28 January 2024 | 6,230 points |
| 60 metres | 6.89 | Aubière | 28 January 2023 | 922 points |
| Long jump | 7.33 m (24 ft 1⁄2 in) | Aubière | 27 January 2024 | 893 points |
| Shot put | 16.95 m (55 ft 7+1⁄4 in)[12] | Glasgow | 2 March 2024 | 910 points |
| High jump | 1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in)[13] | Lyon | 3 February 2018 | 785 points |
| 60 metres hurdles | 7.79 | Miramas | 18 February 2024 | 1,035 points |
| Pole vault | 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in) | Aubière | 28 January 2024 | 913 points |
| 1000 metres | 2:37.57 | Aubière | 19 February 2023 | 901 points |
| Virtual Best Performance | 6,359 points | |||
Personal life
A native of Haiti, he moved to France at the age of seven years-old. He completed a sports studies program in Montpellier. He trains in Nice, France, where he became a member of the French National Police in January 2023.[2][14]
References
- ^ "Makenson Gletty". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b Pesce, Nicolas (3 December 2023). "Makenson Gletty: "This year 2023 has been a bubble of emotions"". Sportmag. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "The Blue White Red Fireworks". Athle.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Men's Heptathlon Results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Outstanding performance from Makenson Gletty! Nicolas Daru and Cynthia Leduc in silver... All the results of the regionals at the French championships this Saturday". ledauphine.com. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Oosterwegel and Gletty end season on a high in Talence". World Athletics. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Makenson Gletty explose son record au poids et se relance aux Mondiaux à Glasgow !". ledauphine.com. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "From misfire to triumph: Makenson Gletty overcomes sound failure to smash record at European Athletics Championships - We Are Wearside". 11 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Historic golds for Austria and Estonia at Roma 2024". European-Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's Heptathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". watchathletics.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Makenson Gletty". Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Makenson Gletty, police officer and decathlete: 10 events for 1 champion". Police-nstionale. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.