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Marie-Éloïse Leclair

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Marie-Éloïse Leclair
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2002-09-10) 10 September 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 7.30s (2024)
100m: 11.38s (2024)
200m: 23.40s (2024)

Marie-Éloïse Leclair (born 10 September 2002) is a Canadian sprinter. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

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Whilst a student at Simon Fraser University, she was named by The Great Northwest Athletic Conference as their 2023-24 Female Athlete of the Year.[2]

She was part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team that competed at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.[3][4]

She was selected to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for her Olympic debut.[5][6] She was part of the 4 × 100 m sprint relay team which qualified for the final, setting a national record of 45.20 seconds.[7]

Personal life

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She is from Montreal.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Marie-Éloïse Leclair". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ Balzer, Jess (26 June 2024). "SFU's Marie-Eloise Leclair named 2023-24 GNAC Female Athlete of the Year". Burnabynow. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Canadian women's 4x100m relay team qualifies for Paris Olympics". cbc.ca. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ Donkin, Karissa (5 August 2024). "Canada's women's 4x100m relay team back in the Olympics with something to prove". cbc.ca. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Canada announces team for Olympic Games in Paris". World Athletics. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ Dickinson, Marley (8 August 2024). "Canadian women's 4x100m relay team sets national record at Paris Olympics". Running Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Quebec sprinter Audrey Leduc and her teammates in the women's 4 x 100-metre relay will take part in the Olympic final". actualnewsmagazine. August 8, 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.