Camille Séri (born 1 May 1999) is a French

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

specializing in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

. She was the silver medalist in the 400 m hurdles at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at th ...

, and she finished 9th at the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...

in the 4 × 400 m relay.

Biography

Séri is from

Nice, France Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million

where she represents the Nice Cote D'azur Athletisme athletics club. In July 2017, Séri gained her first international championship experience at the U20 European Championships in Grosseto, where she was eliminated in the semifinals of the

400 meters hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. In June 2021, Séri took silver in the 400 meters hurdles at the French Championships in

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

. The following month, she was part of France's relay team along with Sokhna Lacoste, Louise Maraval, and Shana Grebo that took silver in the 4×400 meters at the U23 European Championships in Tallinn. In February 2022, Séri won gold in the

400 meters The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

at the French Indoor Championships in

Miramas Miramas (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southern France. It is the second-largest commune in metropolitan Ouest-Provence and is located at the north end of the Étang de Berre ...

. In June 2022, she also won gold in the 400 meters hurdles at the French Championships in

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

. The following month, Séri took silver in the 400 meters hurdles at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, finishing behind the Italian Rebecca Sartori. In August 2022, she competed at the European Championships in Munich and reached the semifinals in the 400 meters hurdles. In February 2023, Séri won her second consecutive gold in the 400 meters at the French Indoor Championships in

Aubière Aubière (; Auvergnat dialect, Auvergnat: ''Aubèira'') is a Communes of France, commune located in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeast France. As of 2017 its population was 10,061. The town is home to t ...

. In July 2023, she took silver in the 400 meters hurdles at the French Championships in

Albi Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department, on the river Tarn (river), Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ...

, being defeated by Louise Maraval. In August 2023, at the World Championships in Budapest, Séri was part of the French relay team that finished ninth in the 4×400 meters.

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