Alexe Déau (born 4 September 2004) is a French sprinter. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400 m: 50.94 s (Bergen, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editShe is from Sainte-Marie, on the island of Martinique.[2] Déau started athletics in 2011 with Gauloise de Trinité. She then joined the RAN (Regroupement Athlétique du Nord) before leaving for mainland France.[3]
Career
editAfter moving to mainland France, she joined the ASA Athletics club in Maisons-Alfort. She was a silver medalist in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, finishing six tenths of a second behind Czech runner Lurdes Gloria Manuel. Déau ran a personal best time of 52.53 seconds which moved her to number two on the all-time France under-20 list, just one hundredth of a second behind the French U20 record which was set in 1982.[2][4] She also went on to win the gold medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the same championships.[5][6]
She ran at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, as part of the France women's 4 × 400 metres relay team.[7] The team subsequently placed fifth in the final in June 2024.[8] Later that month, she finished second behind Amandine Brossier over 400 metres at the French Athletics Championships, running a personal best time of 52.35 seconds in Angers.[9]
She was selected for the French relay pool for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[10] She ran as part of the French women's 4x400 metres relay team which qualified for the final.[11][12]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[13][14] She also competed in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event.[15] She ran a 50.94 seconds personal best to win the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[16] Later in the championships, she ran the anchor leg as part of the bronze medal winning French 4 x 400 metres relay team.[17] She was selected for the French team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[18] She ran on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[19] She also ran in the French women's x 400 metres relay team which qualified for the final.[20]
References
edit- ↑ "Alexe Déau". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Chez les U20, la Martiniquaise Alexe Déau est devenue vice-championne d'Europe du 400 m". Martinique.franceantilles.fr. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "La Martiniquaise Alexe Déau, vice-championne d'Europe U20 du 400m". rci.fm. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Alexe Deau wins silver in the 400m final at the U20 European Championships". antilles-sport. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Alexe Deau wins silver in 400m final at U20 European Championships". Antilles-sport. August 9, 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Alex Deau". rmcsport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "The 4 times 400 m women finished 5th with Alexe Déau". martinique.franceantilles.fr. June 12, 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Athletics. European Championships: 5th in the final, Sounkamba Sylla and the Blues set a record". Ouest-France. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ Bouhier, Florian (June 30, 2024). "ATHLETICS: ALL THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ANGERS". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Eighteenth selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". cnosf. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 4x400m relay Olympic Games 2024". World Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Athletics 2024 Olympics: Martinique's Alexe Déau and her teammates in the women's 4x400m relay qualify for the final". lalere.francetvinfo. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "France names team for World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25". World Athletics. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (19 July 2025). "Championship record! Jaeger blazes to European U23 400m gold in 49.74". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (20 Jul 2025). "Great Britain and Spain win thrilling 4x400m finals in European U23 records". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.