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| Born | 14 March 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.80 (2025) 100m: 10.22 (2025) 200m: 21.25 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Lenny Chanteur (born 14 March 2006) is a French sprinter. He won the 200 metres at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]He is from Piscop in Val-d'Oise and came to athletics relatively late at the age of 16 yesrs-old, having previously played football and handball. He is a member of Domont Athletics in Domont. In Châteauroux, he was runner-up over 100 metres at the French junior championships running 10.60 seconds. His performance earned him his first selection for the French national team for the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2]
He ran a personal best for the 100 metres to 10.22 seconds in 2025 to move to the top of the European under-20 rankings.[3] He qualified for the 100m final at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, despite losing a shoe mid-race, placing second in his semifinal in 10.61 (-0.1m/s).[4] He subsequently had a fifth place finish in the final in 10.50 seconds.[5] Chanteur ran the second leg of the French team's gold medal winning 4x100m relay men's team.[6][7]
He received his first call-up to a senior French team for the 4x100m relay at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[6] In September 2025, he competed in the men's 4 x 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, as the French team placed seventh.[8]
Competing indoors in 2026, he won the 200 metres national title at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships, running 20.68 seconds in the final.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lenny Chanteur". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Athletics: Lenny Chanteur, sprinter from Domont, makes a successful debut". Actu.fr. 1 Sep 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (24 July 2025). "World U20 champion Tumba features on French team for Tampere 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 6 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Italian sprint star Doualla Edimo speeds through to 100m final". European Athletics. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ a b Mills, Steven (5 Sep 2025). "From Tampere to Tokyo! Eight European U20 champions to compete in Tokyo 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.