Louise Carton

Louise Carton (born April 16, 1994) is a Belgian athlete who competes in cross-country long-distance running.

Louise Carton
Carton at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships
Personal information
BornApril 16, 1994
Sport
Country Belgium
SportAthletics
Medal record
European Cross Country Championships
2015 HyèresU23
U23 European Championships
2015 Tallinn5000 m

Cross-country career

In 2014-15 she won the Lotto Cross Cup title.[1][2] This victory included multiple wins on the circuit.[3][4]

In 2015, 2016 and 2017, she won the Belgian cross country national championship.[5]

Additionally, she won the U23 championship at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships with the narrowest victory in race history.[6][7][8][9]

Track career

She was runner-up in the 5000 meter at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships.[10]

She finished 8th at the 2015 KBC Night of Athletics in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:23.82 and this time was lower than the qualifying standard for the 2016 Olympics by .18 seconds.[11][12]

At the 2016 Olympics, she finished 11th in her heat and did not advance.[13]

Awards

All these accomplishments in 2015 lead to her winning the Golden Spike award as the most promising female athlete in Belgium.[14]

References
  1. "Cross Cup: les athlètes éthiopiens dominent le Cross de Hannut, Louise Carton et Jeroen D'Hoedt en embuscade". sudinfo.be. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. "Titelverdedigers Kimeli en Carton beginnen goed aan CrossCup". Sporza.be. 2015-10-25. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  3. "Louise Carton et Dame Tassama ont remporté le 72e Cross d'Ha... - L'avenir". Lavenir.net. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. "Louise Carton blijft bescheiden: 'Ik voel me nog niet de bes... (Oostende) - Het Nieuwsblad". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  5. "Dejaeghere na ontgoocheling op BK: "Misschien tijd om te stoppen"". Sporza.be. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  6. Eder, Larry (2015-12-13). "2015 European Cross Country Champs: GB topped event for 13th time! A view from Europe, by Alfons Juck EME News". RunBlogRun. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  7. "IAAF Antrim Cross Country: Euro U23 winner Carton to run at Antrim - BBC Sport". Bbc.com. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  8. "Louise Carton: le cadeau de la Cross Cup". Rtbf.be. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  9. Magut, Stanley (2015-12-19). "Kenya: Three-Time 1,500m World Champ Asbel Kiprop Targets Rio Olympics Gold". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  10. "European Athletics". european-athletics. 13 December 2015.
  11. "Road to Rio - My Country".
  12. "Results: KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder 2015 - Watch Athletics - THE BEST TRACK AND FIELD ONLINE VIDEOS". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  13. MB (2016-08-16). "Anne Zagré through to 100 metre hurdles semi-final". Deredactie.be. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  14. "Les Spikes d'or 2015 vont à Nafissatou Thiam, spécialiste des épreuves combinées, et au discobole Philip Milanov, vice-champion du monde à Pékin - sudinfo.be". Mobile.sudinfo.be. 2015-12-05. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
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