Marie-Éloïse Leclair

Marie-Éloïse Leclair
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2002-09-10) 10 September 2002
EducationSimon Fraser University
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m: 7.30s (2024)
100m: 11.38s (2024)
200m: 23.40s (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Glasgow4×100m relay
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 GuangzhouMixed 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2026 Gaborone4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2026 GaboroneMixed 4 × 100 m relay

Marie-Éloïse Leclair (born 10 September 2002) is a Canadian sprinter. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Whilst a student at Simon Fraser University, she was named by the Great Northwest Athletic Conference as their 2023-24 Female Athlete of the Year.[2]

Leclair was part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team that competed at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.[3][4]

Leclair was selected to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for her Olympic debut.[5][6] She was part of the 4 × 100 m sprint relay team which qualified for the final, setting a national record of 42.50 seconds.[7]

Leclair was selected for the Canadian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025, where she won gold in the inaugural Mixed 4 x 100 metres relay.[8][9][10] She was named in the Canadian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[11]

Leclair was selected as part of the Canada team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[12] In the mixed 4 x 100 metres relay she was part of the team which briefly set a new world record time of 40.07 seconds, until it was broken by Jamaica in the following heat. She also ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay on the opening day of the competition.[13] The following day she again raced twice, winning the silver medal in the mixed relay as well as the women’s 4 x 100 m in which Canada won the silver medal behind Jamaica in a national record time 42.17 seconds.[14] She was named in the Canada team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay.[15][16] She was also a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the women's 200 metres in Glasgow, Scotland.[17]

Personal life

She is from Montreal.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Marie-Éloïse Leclair". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Balzer, Jess (26 June 2024). "SFU's Marie-Eloise Leclair named 2023-24 GNAC Female Athlete of the Year". Burnabynow. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Canadian women's 4x100m relay team qualifies for Paris Olympics". cbc.ca. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Donkin, Karissa (5 August 2024). "Canada's women's 4x100m relay team back in the Olympics with something to prove". cbc.ca. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Canada announces team for Olympic Games in Paris". World Athletics. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Dickinson, Marley (8 August 2024). "Canadian women's 4x100m relay team sets national record at Paris Olympics". Running Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Olympic champions named on Canada's team for Guangzhou". World Athletics. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Canada claims inaugural World Relays mixed 4x100m crown in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Dickinson, Marley (28 August 2025). "Athletics Canada names 59 athletes to 2025 World Championships team". Running Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "WRE Gaborone 26 preview: global medallists clash in women's 4x100m". World Athletics. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Jamaica set mixed 4x100m world record of 39.99 in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Thompson-Herah anchors Jamaica to 4x100m win in Gaborone". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "ATHLETICS TEAM NAMED FOR 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". Athletics.ca. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Quebec sprinter Audrey Leduc and her teammates in the women's 4 x 100-metre relay will take part in the Olympic final". actualnewsmagazine. August 8, 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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