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Camille Laus

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Camille Laus
Camille Laus in 2019
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprinting
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4×400 m mixed

Camille Laus (born 23 May 1993)[1] is a Belgian athlete sprinter. She ran in the national team which placed 5th in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2019 World Championships, setting Belgian record of 3:26.58 sec in the heats.

Laus also competed in the 4 × 400 m mixed relay event at the 2019 World Championships, where Belgian team placed 6th with the national record time of 3:14.22 s.[2]

In 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.[3][4] And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships having anchored the team in the first round of the competition.[5][6] At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay qualifying the Belgium team for the final. In that final, she was replaced by Naomi Van Den Broeck[7]

Her personal best in the 400 metres is 51.49 sec set in 2018.

References

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  1. ^ "Camille LAUS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100" (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Euro d'athlétisme : Camille Laus a donné des sueurs froides aux Cheetahs mais a suffisamment résisté" (in French). L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY ROUND 1 RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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