Laëticia Bapté
{{Short description|French athlete}}
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| nationality = French
| sport = Athletics
| event = 60m hurdles, 100m hurdles
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| pb = *60m hurdles: 7.76s (2025)
- 100m hurdles: 12.69s (2023)
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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.
Career
She is from Fort-de-France, on the island of Martinique,{{Cite web|url=https://martiniqueannu.com/sportif-martiniquais/laeticia-bapte|title=Laëticia Bapté|website=Martiniqueannu.com|access-date=March 5, 2023}} She finished third in the U20 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 CARIFTA Games, finishing behind the winner Amoi Brown of Jamaica.{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20170418/ja-top-carifta-table-once-more|website=Jamaica Gleaner|title= Ja top Carifta table once more |date=17 April 2017|accessdate=11 April 2025}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20210220-athl%C3%A9tisme-bosse-battu-mayer-satisfait-bapte-et-jordier-brillent|title= Athletics: Bosse beaten, Mayer satisfied, Bapte and Jordier shine|website=France24|date=February 20, 2021}} She was selected for the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she reached the semi-finals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france.tv/sport/athletisme/championnats-d-europe-indoor-d-athletisme/2333609-torun-2021-pas-de-finale-pour-laeticia-bapte.html|title=Torun 2021: no final for Laeticia Bapté|website=France.tv|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
She won the French national 60m hurdles title for a second time in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/athletisme/video-athletisme-laeticia-bapte-championne-de-france-du-60-m-haies-35a6dfdb-739d-4d8e-90f7-5b34cd578ce4|website=Ouest-France.fr|access-date=March 5, 2023|date=February 27, 2022|title=VIDEO. Athletics: Laeticia Bapté, French champion in the 60m hurdles}} Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Bapté reached the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles.{{Cite web|url=https://sans-filtre.fr/athle-laeticia-bapte-elimine-en-demi-finale-du-100-m-haies/|website=Sans-filtre.fr|access-date=March 5, 2023|title=Athlé – Laeticia Bapte éliminé en demi-finale du 100 m haies|date=July 25, 2022}}
Bapté won a third French title over 60m hurdles in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/athletisme/athletisme-laeticia-bapte-championne-de-france-sur-60-m-haies-20230218|website=lefigaro.fr|title= Athletics: Laeticia Bapté French champion in 60m hurdles|date=February 18, 2023|access-date=March 5, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/amp/spor/kadinlar-60-metre-engellide-finalistler-belli-oldu-2057850|title=Kadınlar 60 metre engellide finalistler belli oldu|website=cumhuriyet.com|date=March 5, 2023|access-date=March 5, 2023}} In the final, she finished fifth overall in a time of 7.97 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/3712/european-athletics-indoor-championships-2023-women-s-60m-hurdles-results|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=11 April 2025|title= European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's 60m Hurdles Results|date=5 March 2023}}
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.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5853/women-s-100m-hurdles-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title= Women's 100m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=10 August 2024}}
She set a new personal best over 60m hurdles, running 7.85 seconds, in Liévin on 13 February 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/ingebrigtsen-world-indoor-1500m-mile-records-lievin|website=World Athletics|accessdate=14 February 2025|title= Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin|date=13 February 2025}} She lowered her personal best again, running 7.76 seconds to win the French Athletics Indoor Championships in Miramas on 22 February 2025.{{cite web|website=European Athletics|accessdate=23 Feb 2025|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/kambundji-storms-to-7-03-60m-at-the-swiss-indoor-championships|title= Kambundji storms to 7.03 60m at the Swiss Indoor Championships|date=22 February 2025}} She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, where she reached as far as the semi-finals.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6416/women-s-60m-hurdles-results-european-athletics-indoor-championships-2025 |website=Watch Athletics|date=6 March 2025|accessdate=11 April 2025|title= Women's 60m hurdles Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025}}{{cite web|website=athle.fr|url=https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.html/html.aspx?htmlid=6991|title= LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE|date=25 February 2025|accessdate=25 Feb 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|14639107}}
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Category:French female hurdlers
Category:Martiniquais sportswomen
Category:Black French sportspeople
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics