Solenn Compper
{{Short description|French hurdler (born 1995)}}
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| pb = 60m hurdles: 7.96 (Glasgow, 2024)
100m hurdles: 12.92 (Oran, 2022)
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Solenn Compper (born 14 March 1995) is a French track and field athlete who competes as a sprint hurdler. She ran at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the 60 metres hurdles.{{cite web|title=Solenn Compper|accessdate=3 March 2024|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/solenn-compper-14449893}}
Career
Compper competed in sprint events, winning a silver medal in the women’s 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7049131?eventId=204594 |title=European Junior Championships|accessdate=11 April 2025|date=18 July 2013}} In 2018, in consultation with her trainer Alain Lastécouères she moved to the sprint hurdles. The following sunmer, she finished fourth in the French Athletics Championships in the 100m hurdles, achieving a time of 12.99 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/en-2022-l-athlete-antillaise-solenn-compper-a-reintegre-la-maison-bleue-et-gagne-l-or-a-oran-1348236.html |website=francetvinfo|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= En 2022, l'athlète antillaise Solenn Compper a réintégré la maison bleue et gagné l'or à Oran}} On July 3, 2022, she won the 100m hurdles title at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, bringing her personal best down to 12.92 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://cnosf.franceolympique.com/cnosf/actus/8714-oran-2022--15-mdailles-dont-9-en-or-et-la-voile--lhonneur-dimanche-en-algrie-.html|website=Franceolympique|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= ORAN 2022: 15 MEDALS INCLUDING 9 GOLD AND SAILING IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON SUNDAY IN ALGERIA!|date=3 July 2022}}
She missed the 2023 summer season with injury, and in the September of that year had to change coaches following the retirement of Alain Lastécouères, with Frédéric Demaneche becoming her new coach.{{cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/solenn-compper-retrouve-l-equipe-de-france-d-athletisme-pour-les-mondiaux-en-salle-a-glasgow-1467867.html|website=francetvinfo|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Solenn Compper reunites with the French athletics team for the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow}} In February 2024, she finished in third place in the 60 metres hurdles at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas.{{cite web|url= https://dinan.maville.com/sport/detail_-athletisme.-les-podiums-et-les-resultats-des-championnats-de-france-en-salle-a-miramas-_-6163854_actu.Htm |website=Maville|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Athletics. The podiums and complete results of the French indoor championships in Miramas|date=February 17, 2024}} She then won the 60 metres hurdles at the Elite Meeting in Nantes in a time of 8.01 seconds.{{cite web|date=28 February 2024|first=Romain|last=Donnaux|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/A-nantes-wilhem-belocian-belocian-realise-les-minima-pour-les-mondiaux-en-salle/1444972|website=Lequipe|title= In Nantes, Wilhem Belocian achieves the minimums for the indoor Worlds }} She was subsequently selected for the French team to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite web|url= https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/athletisme-aux-mondiaux-en-salle-a-glasgow-13-bleus-dont-deux-antillais-et-quelques-chances-de-podiums-1468875.html |website=francetvinfo|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Athletics: at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, 13 Blues including two West Indians and some chances of podiums}} At the championships, she ran a personal best time of 7.96 seconds and reached the semi-finals. In her semi-final she finished in fourth place in a time of 8.04 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5147/women-s-60m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=3 March 2024|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Women's 60m hurdles Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024}}
She finished third at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60 metres hurdles on February 2025.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=11 April 2025|title= French Indoor Championships |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7216456?eventId=10230177&gender=W|date=22 Feb 2025}}
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Category:French female hurdlers
Category:Black French sportspeople
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France