Christelle Daunay (born 5 December 1974 in

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) is a French

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who specialises in

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. She is the current French marathon record holder. She represented France at the

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and has competed a number of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She has had top-three finishes in the

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and the Course Paris-Versailles

Biography

Christelle Daunay started athletics at the age of 11. She ran track races between

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

and

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, cross country competitions, the

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

and

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. Since 2005 she has been affiliated to the ''SCO Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille)'' ("Sports and Cultural Society of Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille)"). In February 2006 she put her career as a

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on hold in order to prepare full-time for the

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. With her time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 24 seconds on 27 January 2008 at the

Osaka Ladies Marathon The is an annual marathon road race for women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held on the 4th or 5th Sunday of January in the city of Osaka, Japan, and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Kansai Tel ...

(10th place), she not only beat the previous French record established by Chantal Dällenbach, but also qualified for the marathon in the 2008 Olympics. This was her second major marathon, her first being the

in 2007 where she came third with a time of 2:28:54. She came in 20th in the women's marathon at the 2008 Olympic Games, with a time of 2:31:48. She came third in the 2009

setting a new French national record of 2:25:43, beating her previous record time set in 2008. In 2009 Daunay entered in her first

. She came third with a time of 2:29:16. She further improved her French record at the 2010 Paris Marathon, in which she ran a time of 2:24:22 for second place. She was the runner-up at the

Great Manchester Run The Great Manchester Run (styled as the ''Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run'' for sponsorship purposes from 2017) is an annual run through Greater Manchester (namely Manchester, Trafford and Salford). It has consisted of a 10k run since it was ...

in May 2011, finishing behind the home-favourite

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. A month later she took the silver medal at the

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, just missing the French record with a personal best run of 31:44.84 minutes for the distance. She ran at the

Great Ireland Run The Great Ireland Run is an annual 10-kilometre road running competition which is held in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland in mid-April. It is part of the Great Run series of athletics competitions. It is sponsored by SPAR and features both an elit ...

in 2012 and came third. She was third at the European Cup 10000m and set a new French record for the distance with her time of 31:35.81 minutes. She was ten seconds off the 10K French road record at the Corrida de Langueux later that month, where time of 31:48 minutes was a course record. She missed the rest of the 2012 season. Daunay began 2013 win 10K wins in Nice and Marseille and placed 35th at the

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. She entered the Manchester Run and came third despite a fall early on.Wenig, Jörg (2013-05-26)
World lead and course record for Tirunesh Dibaba over 10km in Manchester
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.

Achievements

Olympics

* 2008 Olympic Games at Peking - 20th place

Road races

2013 New York City Marathon The 2013 New York City Marathon was the 43rd running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 3. It followed a one-year hiatus after the 2012 event was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. Geoff ...

- 4th place *

2009 New York City Marathon The 2009 New York City Marathon was the 40th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 1. The men's elite race was won by home athlete Meb Keflezighi in a time of 2:09:15 hours while ...

- 3rd place *2009 Paris Marathon - 3rd place *2010 Paris Marathon - 2nd place *2008 Osaka Marathon - 10th place *2007 Paris Marathon - 3rd place *''Prom'classic de

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'' (10 km race) - 1st in 2007, 2008 *''10 km de la Corrège'' - 1st in 2007 *'' Paris-Versailles, course de 16.3 km'' - 2nd in 2007

National titles

* Cross country - 2007, 2009 * 10,000 m - 2006, 2008, 2009 * 5000 m - 2003, 2004 * Half marathon - 2004

Personal bests

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

: 2:24:22 ( NR, 11 April 2010) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

: 1:08:34 ( NR, 17 October 2010) * 10 km on road : 31:59 (15 May 2011) Manchester * 10,000 m : 31:35.81 ( NR, 3 June 2012) Bilbao * 5000 m : 15:24.48 (30 May 2010) Hengelo * 3000 m : 9:02.16 (18 June 2011) Stockholm

References

External links

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