Louise Carton (born 16 April 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 The Lotto Cross Cup is an annual series of international cross country running competitions in Belgium. The inaugural season was in 1982–1983. The series comprises Belgium's foremost cross country competitions, including the IAAF permit meeting in ...

title. This victory included multiple wins on the circuit. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, she won the Belgian cross country national championship. Additionally, she won the U23 championship at the

2015 European Cross Country Championships The 2015 European Cross Country Championships was the 22nd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Hyères, France. The 2014 runner-up Ali Kaya (athlete), Ali Kaya took the men's senior title, ret ...

with the narrowest victory in race history.

Track career

She was runner-up in the

5000 meter The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand ...

at the

2015 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships were the 10th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 8 to 12 July. Medal summary Men Women Med ...

. 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 ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

by .18 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics, she finished 11th in her heat and did not advance.

Awards

All these accomplishments in 2015 lead to her winning the

Golden Spike award The Gouden Spike ( en, Golden Spike) is the most important athletics prize in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Net ...

as the most promising female athlete in Belgium.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carton, Louise Belgian female long-distance runners 1994 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium