Clémence Calvin (born 17 May 1990) is a French
runner. She has won silver medal at the
2014 European Championships in
Zürich
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in the 10,000 metres event, behind the winner
Jo Pavey.
Biography
She won the team silver medal at the
2013 European Cross Country Championships
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, at
Belgrade
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, alongside
Sophie Duarte,
Christine Bardelle and
Laila Traby, after having taken 12th place as an individual.
Winner of
French National Cross Country Championships at the start of the 2014 season, she won in June 2014 the
European Cup 10,000m at
Skopje
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, in
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, in the time of 31:52.86.
In December 2019, Calvin along with her coach and husband (
Samir Dahmani) received a 4 year ban from competition for evading a drug test in March 2019.
The ban is due to be in force until 17 December 2023.
Prize List
International
National
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French National Championships :
**winner of 1500m en
2014
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**winner of 5000m en
2015
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Events
January
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*
French Cross Country Championships :
**winner of long course in 2013 and 2016
**winner of short course in 2014
References
External links
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Sportspeople from Vichy
Athletes from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1990 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
French female long-distance runners
European Athletics Championships medalists
French female cross country runners
21st-century French sportswomen
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