Laureen Maxwell (born 23 May 2002) is a French

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er originally from

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. She was the

2021 French Athletics Championships The 2021 French Athletics Championships was the 133rd edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 25–27 June at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sex ...

winner in the high jump.

Biography

Maxwell was born in

, but she later moved to

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. She trains with the Athlé 91 club and SCA 2000 Évry. Maxwell won her first senior national title at the

in a personal best of 1.91 m, which was also the 3rd-best European U20 performance of the year to date. At the 2021 World U20 Championships, Maxwell qualified for the final and tied for 12th place. In the winter of 2022, Maxwell fractured her

patellar tendon The patellar tendon is the distal portion of the common tendon of the quadriceps femoris, which is continued from the patella to the tibial tuberosity. It is also sometimes called the patellar ligament as it forms a bone to bone connection when t ...

bone. Then later in the fall, she sprained her ankle, having to spend four weeks on crutches. Despite this, she was able to recover and win the 2023 Meeting National À Thème En Salle D'hirson indoor meeting in Hirson on 28 January 2023. She attempted to clear 1.92 m to set a meeting record, but had to settle with a 1.85 m winning mark. Maxwell went on to win the 2023 French Athletics Indoor U23 championships in Miramas with a jump of 1.81 metres. During the 2023 outdoor season, Maxwell placed 7th at the 2023 French Athletics Championships and 9th at the European U23 Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, Laureen Living people 2002 births French female high jumpers French female hurdlers 21st-century French sportswomen French people of French Guianan descent Athletes from Paris French Athletics Championships winners