Rénelle Lamote

Rénelle Lamote (born 26 December 1993) is a French middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a triple European Athletics Championships silver medallist in the event from 2016, 2018 and 2022. Lamote won also a silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

Rénelle Lamote

Lamote at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born	26 December 1993 (1993-12-26) (age 30) Coulommiers, France
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres
Club	Racing Multi Athlon
Coached by	Gilles Garcia, Bruno Gajer
Medal record Women's athletics Representing France European Championships 2016 Amsterdam 800 m 2018 Berlin 800 m 2022 Munich 800 m European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 800 m European U23 Championships 2015 Tallinn 800 m

She was the 800 m 2015 European Under-23 champion.

Career

Rénelle Lamote was born to an Ivorian mother and a French father.

She represented her country at the 2014 European Championships and 2015 European Indoor Championships, reaching the semifinals on both occasions.

Her personal bests in the 800 metres are: 1:57.84 outdoors (Lausanne 2022) and 2:01.97 indoors (Glasgow 2015).

Competition record

Representing France

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	16th (sf)	800 m	2:05.83
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	23rd (h)	800 m	2:07.63
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	13th (h)	800 m	2:10.89
2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	4x800 m relay	8:17.54
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	13th (sf)	800 m	2:03.90
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	9th (sf)	800 m	2:09.06
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	800 m	2:00.19
	World Championships	Beijing, China	8th	800 m	1:59.70
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	800 m	2:00.19
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	44th (h)	800 m	2:02.19
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	800 m	2:00.62
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	800 m	2:03.00
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	20th (sf)	800 m	2:02.86
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	8th (sf)	800 m	1:59.40
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	18th (sf)	800 m	2:00.86
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	800 m	1:59.49
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (sf)	800 m	2:01.25