Makenson Gletty
{{Short description|French athlete (born 1999)}}
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| nationality = French
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| birth_place = Mirebalais, Haiti
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| sport = Athletics
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| pb = Decathlon: 8606 (Rome, 2024)
Heptathlon: 6230 (Aubiére, 2024)
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{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
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Makenson Gletty (born 2 April 1999 in Mirebalais, Haiti) is a French track and field athlete. He is a national champion in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon. He was a bronze medalist in the decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.{{cite web|title= Makenson Gletty |website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 March 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/makenson-gletty-14676383}}
Career
He was crowned French heptathlon champion at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubière in February 2023, scoring a tally of 6090 points.{{cite web|url= https://www.sportmag.fr/makenson-gletty-cette-annee-2023-a-ete-une-bulle-demotions/amp/|website=Sportmag|accessdate=2 March 2024|title= Makenson Gletty: "This year 2023 has been a bubble of emotions"|first=Nicolas|last=Pesce|date=3 December 2023 }} He competed at the 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships in the indoor heptathlon in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2023, and finished in ninth place overall with 5133 points.{{cite web|title=The Blue White Red Fireworks|url= https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.html/html.aspx?htmlid=6553|website=Athle.fr|accessdate=2 March 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/3714/european-athletics-indoor-championships-2023-men-s-heptathlon-results |website=Watch Athletics|date=2 March 2023|title= European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Men's Heptathlon Results}}
He won the French outdoor national championships decathlon title in Albi, in July 2023 with 8279 points.{{cite web|title= Outstanding performance from Makenson Gletty! Nicolas Daru and Cynthia Leduc in silver... All the results of the regionals at the French championships this Saturday|website=ledauphine.com|date= July 29, 2023|accessdate=2 March 2024|url= https://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2023/07/29/kevin-mayer-loin-de-ses-records-aux-championnats-de-france}} Competing at the Decastar meeting in Talence, Gletty set a new personal best of 8443 points to win the decathlon at the final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event of the season on 24 September 2023.{{cite web|title= Oosterwegel and Gletty end season on a high in Talence |date=24 September 2023|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 March 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/news/decastar-talence-2023-report}}
He was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in March 2024, and finished in fifth place overall with 6187 points.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5139/men-s-heptathlon-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=2 March 2024|title= World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results}}{{cite web|url= https://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2024/03/02/le-haut-savoyard-makenson-gletty-peut-il-decrocher-sa-premiere-medaille-mondiale-sur-l-heptathlon-a-glasgow| title= Makenson Gletty explose son record au poids et se relance aux Mondiaux à Glasgow ! |website=ledauphine.com|date= March 2, 2024|accessdate=2 March 2024}} Competing in the decathlon he was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024,{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=From misfire to triumph: Makenson Gletty overcomes sound failure to smash record at European Athletics Championships - We Are Wearside |url=https://wearewearside.com/2024/06/11/from-misfire-to-triumph-makenson-gletty-overcomes-sound-failure-to-smash-record-at-european-athletics-championships/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |language=en-US}} with a personal best tally of 8606 points.{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/historic-golds-for-austria-and-estonia-at-roma-2024|website=European-Athletics|accessdate=12 June 2024|title= Historic golds for Austria and Estonia at Roma 2024|date=11 June 2024}}
He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in twelfth place overall, having gained 8309 points.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5821/men-s-decathlon-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}
Personal life
A native of Haiti, he moved to France at the age of seven years-old. He completed a sports studies program in Montpellier. He trains in Nice, France, where he became a member of the French National Police in January 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.police-nationale.interieur.gouv.fr/dossiers/nos-sportifs-en-competition/makenson-gletty-policier-et-decathlonien-10-epreuves-pour-1|website=Police-nstionale|accessdate=11 April 2025|title= Makenson Gletty, police officer and decathlete: 10 events for 1 champion|date=1 September 2023}}
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Category:People from Centre (department)
Category:French people of Haitian descent
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:Haitian emigrants to France
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics