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Léna Kandissounon

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Léna Kandissounon
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 26)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m, 800m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 53.39 (Grenoble, 2022)
800m: 1:59.65 (Paris, 2023)

Léna Kandissounon (born 26 November 1998) is a French track and field athlete. She has won French national championship titles over 800 metres both indoors and outdoors. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Early life

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Born in Brest, with Franco-Beninese heritage, Kandissounon grew up in Aulnay-sous-Bois in the suburbs of Paris.[2]

Career

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Coached by Marc Reuzé, at the Haute Bretagne Athlé, in Rennes, Kandissounon splits her time between Paris and Brittany.[3] She won the French national under-23 indoor title over 800 metres, in Saint-Brieuc in 2020.[4] The following year, she won the national senior title at the 2021 French Indoor Athletics Championships.[5]

Kandissounon reached the semi-final at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2023.[6] In June 2023, she set a new personal best, and ran sub-two minutes for the 800 metres for the first time, when she achieved a time of 1:59.65 at the 2023 Paris Diamond League event in June 2023.[7] The following month, she won the 800 metres at the French Athletics Championships in Albi, in a time of 2:02:00.[8]

She ran to fourth place in the final of the 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024, running a time of 1:59.81.[9] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in August 2024. She ran 2:00.97 in her qualifying round and ran in the repechage round but did not qualify for the semi-finals.[10][11]

She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, where she finished in third place in her qualified heat and did not progress to the semi-final.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ "L.kandissounon". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ Théréné, Yves-Marie (18 February 2021). "Léna Kandissounon, la dernière pépite de l'athlétisme breton". letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ Mangeard, Nicolas (25 June 2022). "Athlétisme. Championnat de France à Caen : Léna Kandissounon tourne autour du Graal". ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Athlétisme: Lena Kandissounon, 800 m de bonheur". Letelegramme.fr. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. ^ "THE BREATHTAKING FINAL OF THE BRESTOISE LÉNA KANDISSOUNON". Newsouest.fr. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. ^ Lebouchard, Chloe (26 April 2023). "Athletics. Léna Kandissounon on an internship in South Africa: "We are doing a little more kilometres!". Ouest-France.fr.
  7. ^ "Full 2023 Paris Diamond League Results (June 9)". World-track.org. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  8. ^ "French Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  9. ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  11. ^ "JO 2024 - Athletics. A record selection of Breton athletes for the Paris Games". Ouest-France. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  12. ^ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  13. ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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