Louise Carton
Belgian athlete
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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]
