Camille Laus

{{Short description|Belgian sprinter (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

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| caption = Camille Laus in 2019

| nationality = Belgian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprinting

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Rome|4×400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|4×400 m mixed}}

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Camille Laus (born 23 May 1993){{Cite web|title=Camille LAUS – Athlete Profile|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/belgium/camille-laus-14363849|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-01|website=World Athletics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502125357/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/belgium/camille-laus-14363849 |archive-date=2 May 2021 }} is a Belgian athlete sprinter. She ran in the national team which placed 5th in the 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 World Championships, setting Belgian record of 3:26.58 sec in the heats.

Laus also competed in the 2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Championships, where Belgian team placed 6th with the national record time of 3:14.22 s.{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X4-X-h----.SL2.pdf |title=4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1 |work=IAAF (Doha 2019) |accessdate=29 September 2019}}

In 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.{{cite web | url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/athletisme-les-tornados-et-le-relais-mixte-qualifies-pour-paris-repechage-pour-les-cheetahs-et-les-relais-4x100-11369232 | title=World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100 | publisher=RTBF |date=5 May 2024 | accessdate=13 June 2024 |language=French}}{{cite web | url=https://www.lalibre.be/dernieres-depeches/2024/05/06/world-relays-les-belgian-cheetahs-decrochent-leur-entree-aux-jo-lors-des-repechages-du-4x400-m-dames-SZ2ENDICLBGIZBPVOE3QZWKCDM/ | title=World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames | publisher=La Libre Belgique |date=6 May 2024 | accessdate=13 June 2024 |language=French}} And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships having anchored the team in the first round of the competition.{{cite web | url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/wallonie-picarde/sports/2024/06/11/euro-dathletisme-camille-laus-a-donne-des-sueurs-froides-aux-cheetahs-mais-a-suffisamment-resiste-EKEUW4HV7BCADDFGDRQBU5VCIA/ | title=Euro d’athlétisme : Camille Laus a donné des sueurs froides aux Cheetahs mais a suffisamment résisté | publisher=L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper) |date=11 June 2024 | accessdate=13 June 2024 |language=French}}{{cite web | url=https://www.belganewsagency.eu/gold-and-bronze-for-belgian-men-and-women-in-4x400m-relay | title=Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay | publisher=Belga (news agency) |date=12 June 2024 | accessdate=13 June 2024 |language=French}} At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay qualifying the Belgium team for the final. In that final, she was replaced by Naomi Van Den Broeck{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/women-s-4-x-400m-relay/rnd1-------- | title=WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY ROUND 1 RESULTS | website=www.olympics.com | access-date=19 October 2024}}

Her personal best in the 400 metres is 51.49 sec set in 2018.