Clémence Calvin Explained

Birth Date:17 May 1990
Birth Place:Vichy, France[1]
Sport:Athletics
Event:Running

Clémence Calvin (born 17 May 1990) is a French runner. She has won silver medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich in the 10,000 metres event, behind the winner Jo Pavey.[2]

Biography

She won the team silver medal at the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, at Belgrade, alongside Sophie Duarte, Christine Bardelle and Laila Traby, after having taken 12th place as an individual.

Winner of French National Cross Country Championships at the start of the 2014 season, she won in June 2014 the European Cup 10,000m at Skopje, in Macedonia, in the time of 31:52.86.[3]

In December 2019, Calvin along with her coach and husband (Samir Dahmani) received a 4 year ban from competition for evading a drug test in March 2019.[4] [5] The ban is due to be in force until 17 December 2023.

Prize List

International

Date! scope=col
Competitionscope=colLocationscope=colResultscope=colEventscope=colPerformance
20112011 European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsOstrava3rd5 000 m16:02.07
20132013 European Cross Country ChampionshipsBelgrade2nd By Team
2014European Cup 10,000mSkopje1st10 000 m31:52.86
2014 European Athletics ChampionshipsZurich2nd10 000 m32:23.58
20152015 European Team ChampionshipsCheboksary6th3 000 m9:26.18
bgcolor=cc9966 align="center" 3rd5 000 m15:53.28
2015 European Cross Country ChampionshipsHyères7thIndividual26:17.0
2ndBy Team-
20182018 European Athletics ChampionshipsBerlin2ndMarathon2:26:28

National

Notes and References

  1. http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=495051484455514842575148 Profile
  2. Web site: PAVEY THE GOLDEN GIRL OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPS. SBS. 13 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Calvin is the new French heroine as Arikan makes history. european-athletics.org. 8 June 2014.
  4. News: French marathon runner to fight 4-year doping ban . Sport24 . 12 December 2019 . 6 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Global List of Ineligible Persons . Athletics Integrirty Unit . 6 April 2022.