Auriana Lazraq-Khlass

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| name = Auriana Lazraq-Khlass

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| image = Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon - 800 metres - 06.jpg

| caption = Lazraq-Khlass at the 2024 Olympics

| nationality = French

| sport = Athletics

| event = Heptathlon

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|22|df=yes}}

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| pb = Pentathlon: 4394 (Aubiére, 2023)
Heptathlon: 6635 (Rome, 2024)

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport |Women's athletics}}

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Auriana Lazraq-Khlass (born 22 April 1999) is a French track and field athlete who competes in multi-events. She won the French Athletics Championships in the Heptathlon in 2024, and won the silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/auriana-lazraq-14685406|title=A.Lazraq-Khlass|website=World Athletics|accessdate=18 August 2023}}

Early life

She was born in Pithiviers, Loiret before her family moved to Marly near Metz in the Moselle department. She started athletics at the age of five years-old after being inspired by the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. She later moved to Montpellier to train before returning to Metz during the Coronavirus pandemic. She began to train full-time in athletics in 2022, with Julien Choffart as her coach.{{cite web|url= https://euro.dayfr.com/local/amp/697775 |website=euro.day.fr.com|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= Who are the athletes from Lorraine taking part in the World Championships in Budapest?|date=18 August 2023}}{{cite web|website=Tout-metz.com|url= https://tout-metz.com/decouvrez-athletes-moselle-suivre-pendant-jeux-olympiques-paris-2024-212664.php|accessdate=11 April 2025|title= Discover the Moselle athletes to watch at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games|first=Joscelyn |last=Lapart|date=July 26, 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.linternaute.fr/sport/biographie/5590231-auriana-lazraq-khlass-qui-est-l-excentrique-athlete-francaise/|website=Linternaute.fr|accessdate=11 April 2025|title= Auriana Lazraq-Khlass: Who is the eccentric French athlete?|date=8 August 2024}}

Career

Lazraq-Klass recorded a new Pentathlon personal best score in Clermont of 4394 in January 2023.{{cite web|url= https://large.athle.fr/2023/01/31/lazraq-khlass-stey-xae-et-choquert-en-grande-forme/ |website=large.athle.fr|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= LAZRAQ-KHLASS, STEY, XAE and CHOQUERT in great shape! |date=31 January 2023}}

She recorded a new Heptathlon personal best in Montpellier when she recorded over 6000 points for the first time in May 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sport/2023/06/19/les-huit-travaux-d-auriana-lazraq-khlass|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= Les huit travaux d’Auriana Lazraq-Khlass|date=19 June 2023|website=Republicain-Lorrain.fr}} She was runner-up at the French national championships in the Heptathlon in Albi in July 2023 with a new personal best tally of 6153 points.{{cite web|url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sport/2023/07/30/auriana-lazraq-khlass-(a2m)-n-en-finit-plus-de-grimper|date=30 July 2023|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= Silver medalist in Albi, Auriana Lazraq-Khlass (A2M) never stops climbing|website=Republicain-Lorrain.fr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2023/07/30/clemence-beretta-et-auriana-lazraq-khlass-medaillees-d-argent-a-albi|website=estrerepublicain.fr|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= Clémence Beretta and Auriana Lazraq-Khlass silver medalists in Albi|date=July 30, 2023}} She was selected to compete at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.{{cite web|url=https://moselle.tv/athletisme-lheptathlonienne-auriana-lazraq-khlass-ira-a-budapest/|website=Moselle.tv|accessdate=18 August 2023|title=Athletics: heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass will go to Budapest|first=Jonathan|last=Vaucher|date=7 August 2023}} She scored a new personal best score of 6179 points and finished twelfth overall.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4539/women-s-heptathlon-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=20 August 2023|date=20 August 2023|title= Women's Heptathlon Results: World Athletics Championships 2023}}

She won the French national championships in the Heptathlon in Oyonnax in May 2024 with a personal best tally of 6209 points.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7207586?eventId=10229536|website=World Athletics|accessdate=6 June 2024|date=17 May 2024|title= French Combined Events}} She was a silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, setting five individual personal bests during the competition, and scoring a total personal best of 6635 points.{{cite web|url= https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sport/2024/06/07/auriana-lazraq-khlass-veut-voir-rome-et-murir|website=Republicain-lorrain|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= European Championships: Auriana Lazraq-Khlass wants to see Rome and mature|date=7 June 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/thiam-shows-her-strength-with-a-heptathlon-hat-trick-1039988411/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= Thiam shows her strength with a heptathlon hat-trick}} She competed in the heptathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing in sixteenth place overall.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5858/women-s-heptathlon-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Women's Heptathlon Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}

She had a delayed start to her 2025 season, having to overcome a stress fracture to her heel, a tropical parasite, surgery on her right shoulder and plantar fasciitis. After returning to competition she scored 5,888 points for the heptathlon in Laval in July 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Pour-son-premier-heptathlon-depuis-les-jo-de-paris-lazraq-khlass-realise-5888-points/1575934 |website=Lequipe|accessdate=7 July 2025|title= In her first heptathlon since the Paris Olympics, Lazraq-Khlass achieved 5888 points|first=Victor|last=Legronne|date=6 July 2025}}

Personal bests

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100 metres hurdles \| 13 s 35 \|Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \|7 June 2024
High jump \| 1.77m \| Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \|7 June 2024
Shot put \| 15.27m \|Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \| 7 June 2024
200 metres \| 23 s 56 \| Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \|7 June 2024
Long jump \| 6.38m \| Montpellier \|Meeting National à thème Défi Athlon de Montpellier \|30 May 2021
Javelin \| 48.23m \|Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \|8 June 2024
800 metres \| 2 min 12 s 07 \| Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \|8 June 2024
bgcolor=#F7F6A8 \|Heptathlon \|6635 pts \|Rome \|2024 European Athletics Championships \|8 June 2024

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100 metres hurdles

| 13 s 35