Laëticia Bapté
French athlete (born 1999)
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Laëticia Bapté (born 8 February 1999) is a French track and field athlete. She is a multiple-time national champion in the 60m hurdles. She has competed for France in multiple major championships, including the 100 metres hurdles at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Bapté in 2022 | |
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| Nationality | French |
| Born | 8 February 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 60m hurdles, 100m hurdles |
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Biography
She is from Fort-de-France, on the island of Martinique,[1] She finished third in the U20 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 CARIFTA Games, finishing behind the winner Amoi Brown of Jamaica.[2]
Bapté won her first French title in the 60m hurdles at the 2021 French Indoor Athletics Championships, running a new personal best time of 7.93 to do so.[3] She was selected for the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she reached the semi-finals.[4]
She won the French national 60m hurdles title for a second time in 2022.[5] Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Bapté reached the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles.[6]
Bapté won a third French title over 60m hurdles in 2023.[7] She was chosen to compete at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships and reached the final with the second fastest time of 7.91 seconds.[8] In the final, she finished fifth overall in a time of 7.97 seconds.[9]
She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She ran 12.92 seconds in the repechage round but did not qualify for the semi-finals.[10]
She set a new personal best over 60m hurdles, running 7.85 seconds, in Liévin on 13 February 2025.[11] She lowered her personal best again, running 7.76 seconds to win the French Athletics Indoor Championships in Miramas on 22 February 2025.[12] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, where she reached as far as the semi-finals.[13][14]
Competing indoors in January 2026, Bapte secured a win over 60 metres hurdles at the Meeting de Paris Indoors.[15] Competing at the Meeting de l’Eure in Val-de-Reuil, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting on 1 February 2026, Bapté ran 7.95 seconds for the 60 metres to finish in the same time as Saara Keskitalo ahead of Alaysha Johnson.[16] The following weekend, she again finished in the same time as Johnson, winning in 7.90 seconds at the Madrid World Indoor Tour Gold.[17] She won the 60 metres hurdles title at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere.[18] In March 2026, she ran in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, reaching the semi-finals.[19][20]