Louise Carton Explained

Louise Carton
Sport:Athletics

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 title.[1] [2] This victory included multiple wins on the circuit.[3] [4]

In 2015, 2016 and 2017, she won the Belgian cross country national championship.[5]

Additionally, she won the U23 championship at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships with the narrowest victory in race history.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Track career

She was runner-up in the 5000 meter at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships.[10]

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 by .18 seconds.[11] [12]

At the 2016 Olympics, she finished 11th in her heat and did not advance.[13]

Awards

All these accomplishments in 2015 lead to her winning the Golden Spike award as the most promising female athlete in Belgium.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cross Cup: les athlètes éthiopiens dominent le Cross de Hannut, Louise Carton et Jeroen D’Hoedt en embuscade . sudinfo.be . 2016-01-24 . 2016-03-04.
  2. Web site: Titelverdedigers Kimeli en Carton beginnen goed aan CrossCup . Sporza.be . 2015-10-25 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803063645/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/atletiek/veldlopen/1.2478865 . 2016-08-03 . dead .
  3. Web site: Louise Carton et Dame Tassama ont remporté le 72e Cross d’Ha... - L'avenir . Lavenir.net . 2016-03-04.
  4. Web site: Louise Carton blijft bescheiden: ‘Ik voel me nog niet de bes... (Oostende) - Het Nieuwsblad . Nieuwsblad.be . 2016-03-04.
  5. Web site: Dejaeghere na ontgoocheling op BK: "Misschien tijd om te stoppen" . Sporza.be . 2015-03-15 . 2016-03-04.
  6. Web site: Eder . Larry . 2015 European Cross Country Champs: GB topped event for 13th time! A view from Europe, by Alfons Juck EME News . RunBlogRun . 2015-12-13 . 2016-03-04.
  7. Web site: IAAF Antrim Cross Country: Euro U23 winner Carton to run at Antrim - BBC Sport . Bbc.com . 2015-12-16 . 2016-03-04.
  8. Web site: Louise Carton: le cadeau de la Cross Cup . Rtbf.be . 2016-03-04.
  9. Web site: Magut . Stanley . Kenya: Three-Time 1,500m World Champ Asbel Kiprop Targets Rio Olympics Gold . allAfrica.com . 2015-12-19 . 2016-03-04.
  10. Web site: European Athletics. 13 December 2015. european-athletics.
  11. Web site: Road to Rio - My Country.
  12. Web site: Results: KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder 2015 - Watch Athletics - THE BEST TRACK AND FIELD ONLINE VIDEOS . Watch Athletics . 2016-03-04.
  13. Web site: MB . Anne Zagré through to 100 metre hurdles semi-final . Deredactie.be . 2016-08-16 . 2017-04-23.
  14. Web site: Les Spikes d’or 2015 vont à Nafissatou Thiam, spécialiste des épreuves combinées, et au discobole Philip Milanov, vice-champion du monde à Pékin - sudinfo.be . Mobile.sudinfo.be . 2015-12-05 . 2016-03-04.

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