Camille Laus

Camille Laus
Camille Laus in 2019
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprinting
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rome4×400 m relay
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-Małopolska4×400 m mixed

Camille Laus (born 23 May 1993)[1] is a Belgian athlete sprinter. She ran in the national team which placed 5th in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2019 World Championships, setting Belgian record of 3:26.58 sec in the heats.

Laus also competed in the 4 × 400 m mixed relay event at the 2019 World Championships, where Belgian team placed 6th with the national record time of 3:14.22 s.[2]

In 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.[3][4] And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships having anchored the team in the first round of the competition.[5][6] At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay qualifying the Belgium team for the final. In that final, she was replaced by Naomi Van den Broeck[7]

Her personal best in the 400 metres is 51.49 sec set in 2018.

Achievements

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Belgium
2009 Olympic Youth Festival Tampere, Finland 6th 100 m 12.16
4th 4 × 100 m relay 46.87
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 5th 4 × 100 m 45.15
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 4 × 100 m 45.12
2015 European Athletics Team Championships, First League Heraklion, Greece 6th 100 m 12.17
6th 200 m 24.63
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.95
2017 European Athletics Team Championships, First League Vaasa, Finland 4th 100 m 12.07
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 45.15
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.80
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (sf) 400 m 52.40
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.49
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th 4 × 400 m relay sh 3:32.46
World Relays Yokohama, Japan 1st (h) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:18.031
2nd (final B) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.71
European Athletics Team Championships, First League Sandnes, Norway 6th 400 m 53.69
5th (final B) 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.57
World Championships Doha, Qatar 6th Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:14.22
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.15
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 32nd (h) 400 m sh 53.68
World Relays Chorzów, Poland 4th Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:17.92
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.66
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.51
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.96
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade 11th (h) 400 m 52.51
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.61
European Championships Munich, Germany 24th (sf) 400 m 54.28
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.12
World Championships Eugene, United States 10th (h) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.01
31st (h) 400 m 52.56
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.29
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (h) 400 m sh 53.10
European Team Championships, First Division Chorzów, Poland 1st (final B) 800 m 2:02.28
2nd (final B) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.97
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.81
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.84
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow Scotland]] 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.05
World Relays Nassau, The Bahamas − (f) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay DQ
1st (r) 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.79
European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.161
Olympic Games Paris, France 4th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.921
2025 World Relays Guangzhou, China 2nd (r) 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.52
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.15
2026 World Relays Gaborone, Botswana 2nd (r) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.79
6th (r) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.06
European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 17th (h) 800 m 1:59.43
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.19

1Time from the heats; Laus was replaced in the final.

References

  1. ↑ "Camille LAUS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100" (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Euro d'athlétisme : Camille Laus a donné des sueurs froides aux Cheetahs mais a suffisamment résisté" (in French). L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY ROUND 1 RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 19 October 2024.