Laetitia Valdonado

Laetitia Valdonado

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	4 August 1977 (age 39) Pau
Years active	1999-2005
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Event(s)	middle distance running
Club	Uagm
Coached by	Bernard Mossant

Laetitia Valdonado (born 4 August 1977 in Pau) is a retired French athlete who specialised in the 800 metres.^[1] She won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  France
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	12th (sf)	800 m	2:09.34
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	5th	800 m	2:01.97
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	800 m	2:04.20
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	15th (h)	800 m	2:05.47
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	10th (sf)	800 m	2:05.89
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	6th (sf)	800 m	2:09.73
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	800 m	2:01.71
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:31.86
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	17th (sf)	800 m	2:01.90

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:59.35 (Heusden-Zolder 2004)
• 1500 metres – 4:26.04 (Montgeron 2002)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:02.58 (Ghent 2005)
• 1000 metres – 2:41.36 (Liévin 2005)
• 1500 metres – 4:25.45 (Liévin 2002)

National Championships

• French Outdoor Athletic Championships :
  • winner of 800 m 2000
• French Indoor Athletic Championships :
  • winner of 800 m in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006

References

• Biography of Laetitia Valdonado on the site o f the Fédération française d'athlétisme

1. Laetitia Valdonado profile at IAAF