Christelle Daunay

Christelle Daunay ( born December 5, 1974 in Le Mans) is a French long-distance runner.

Although she had been conducting her eleventh year Running, she started her performance athletic career until 2001. Already two years later she had improved her half marathon time at 1:12:37 h and finished at the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura ranked 33rd. For further participation in the half marathon or road race World Championships, she came in 2004 in New Delhi, ranked 26, 2005 in Edmonton at number 35 and 2007 in Udine at number 22

In 2006, she decided with regard to the Beijing Olympics to become professional athlete. At the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg she reached the 16th place in the 10,000 m.

In her debut on the 42,195 -km distance was 2007 in 2:28:54 h Third of Paris Marathon.

In 2008, she broke down in tenth at the Osaka Women's Marathon with 2:28:24 h the national record of Chantal Dällenbach and qualified for the marathon in the Olympic Games in Beijing, in which she broke in on the 20th place in 2:31:48 h.

Another jump in power she succeeded in 2009 when it became the third her national record improved to 2:25:43 h at the Paris Marathon and third parties at the New York City Marathon was.

In 2010 she was again in national record time, second in the Paris Marathon in 2:24:22 h When half marathon Reims à toutes jambes she won the state and course record of 1:08:34 h

National Champion they have been submitted twice over 5000 meters (2003, 2004), three times in the 10,000 m (2006, 2008, 2009 ), once in the half marathon (2004 ) and twice in cross country (2007, 2009).

Christelle Daunay is 1,63 m tall and weighs 43 kg. She is a qualified physiotherapist and has lived in Paris since the beginning of 2006. Since 2005, she starts for the club SCO Athlétisme Marseille, where she is coached by Cedric Thomas.

Personal Best

  • 3000 m: 9:02,93 min, 9 June 2004 Saint- Maur- des-Fosses
  • 5000 m: 15:25,87 min 29 May, 2009, Belgrade
  • 10,000 m: 31:47,19 min 27 June, 2009, Villefranche -sur -Saône
  • 10 - km road race: 32:34 min, 1st May 2008, Marseille
  • Half Marathon: 1:08:34 h, 3 October 2009 Reims
  • Marathon: 2:24:22 h, 11 April 2010, Paris
France Long-distance running 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2006 European Athletics Championships New-York-City-Marathon 5000 metres Cross country running 3000 metres
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