Louise Carton
 Carton at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | April 16, 1994 |
| Sport | |
| Country |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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Louise Carton (born April 16, 1994) is a Belgian athlete who competes in cross-country long-distance running.
Cross-country career
In 2014-15 she won the Lotto Cross Cup title.[1][2] This victory included multiple wins on the circuit.[3][4]
In 2015 she won the Belgian cross country national championship.[5]
Additionally, she won the U23 championship at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships with the narrowest victory in race history.[6][7][8][9]
Track career
She was runner-up in the 5000 meter at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships.[10]
She finished 8th at the 2015 KBC Night of Athletics in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:23.82 and this time was lower than the qualifying standard for the 2016 Olympics by .18 seconds.[11][12]
Awards
All these accomplishments in 2015 lead to her winning the Golden Spike award as the most promising female athlete in Belgium.[13]
References
- ↑ "Cross Cup: les athlètes éthiopiens dominent le Cross de Hannut, Louise Carton et Jeroen D'Hoedt en embuscade". sudinfo.be. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Titelverdedigers Kimeli en Carton beginnen goed aan CrossCup". Sporza.be. 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Louise Carton et Dame Tassama ont remporté le 72e Cross d'Ha... - L'avenir". Lavenir.net. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Louise Carton blijft bescheiden: 'Ik voel me nog niet de bes... (Oostende) - Het Nieuwsblad". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Dejaeghere na ontgoocheling op BK: "Misschien tijd om te stoppen"". Sporza.be. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ Eder, Larry (2015-12-13). "2015 European Cross Country Champs: GB topped event for 13th time! A view from Europe, by Alfons Juck EME News". RunBlogRun. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "IAAF Antrim Cross Country: Euro U23 winner Carton to run at Antrim - BBC Sport". Bbc.com. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Louise Carton: le cadeau de la Cross Cup". Rtbf.be. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ Magut, Stanley (2015-12-19). "Kenya: Three-Time 1,500m World Champ Asbel Kiprop Targets Rio Olympics Gold". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "European Athletics". european-athletics. 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Road to Rio - My Country".
- ↑ "Results: KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder 2015 - Watch Athletics - THE BEST TRACK AND FIELD ONLINE VIDEOS". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Les Spikes d'or 2015 vont à Nafissatou Thiam, spécialiste des épreuves combinées, et au discobole Philip Milanov, vice-champion du monde à Pékin - sudinfo.be". Mobile.sudinfo.be. 2015-12-05. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
External links
- Louise Carton profile at IAAF