Alexe Déau
French athlete (born 2004)
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
She 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
After 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]