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Camille Laus

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Camille Laus
Camille Laus in 2019
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 33)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprinting
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rome4×400 m relay
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-Małopolska4×400 m mixed

Camille Laus (born 23 May 1993)[1] is a Belgian athlete sprinter. She ran in the national team which placed 5th in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2019 World Championships, setting Belgian record of 3:26.58 sec in the heats.

Laus also competed in the 4 × 400 m mixed relay event at the 2019 World Championships, where Belgian team placed 6th with the national record time of 3:14.22 s.[2]

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.[3][4] 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.[5][6] 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[7]

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

References

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  1. "Camille LAUS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. "World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100" (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. "Euro d'athlétisme : Camille Laus a donné des sueurs froides aux Cheetahs mais a suffisamment résisté" (in French). L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY ROUND 1 RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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