Loudia Laarman (born October 4, 1991) is a

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sprinter of Caribbean origin who specializes in the

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and 4×100 m relay. She participated in the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, winning a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay. A native of Haiti, Loudia Laarman attended Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge,

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. While in Alberta she set the junior provincial records in the

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, the 60 and the

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, with respectively 11.64, 7.41 and 6.48 s. She ranked 7th with a time of 11.81 in the 100 metres event at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in the

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, just 0.01 s behind German athlete Tatjana Pinto. Loudia Laarman participated in the 100 metres event in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Conference Championships in Eugene, Oregon in May 2012 with a time of 11.62, placing 6th. She obtained

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honors as member of her 4x100 m relay team, a team of the

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, placed seventh at the

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Championships in June 2012 and June 2013. At the 2012 Trojan Invitational her team finished second with a time of 44.64. At the same meet she placed second in the 100 metres event with a time of 11.83 and 10th in the 200 metres event with 24.11 s. Later that year her relay team set a seasonal best of 44.18.

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