Margot Dajoux

“Performance comes from balance between body and mind.”

Margot Dajoux

Biography

Born on 19 April 2005 in Vichy and raised in Vollore-Ville (Puy-de-Dôme), Margot Dajoux is one of the rising names in French distance running, equally at home on cross country and the track. Developed at Clermont Auvergne Athlétisme and coached by Patrick Bringer, she also excels in the mountains, winning the European U20 title in Annecy in 2024.

Discipline

Road & Track / Cross Country / Mountain running

Race distances

3,000m steeple / 5K (road) / 10K (road)

Nationality

🇫🇷 France

Date of birth

19 April 2005

Hometown

Vollore-Ville, France

With KIPRUN since

2023

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Key highlights

European U20 Champion – Mountain running (Annecy 2024)

In Annecy, Margot won the European U20 title in mountain running. She also left with an outstanding team haul, taking team gold (mountain + vertical), after finishing 5th in the vertical race two days earlier.

World U20 Qualifying Standard – 3,000m steeplechase (2024)

On the 3,000m steeplechase, she hit the World U20 standard and posted a benchmark time: 10:24.57, one of the best French U20 performances all-time.

European selection at 16 – Cross country (Dublin)

She made an early statement with a European cross country selection at just 16, racing up in the junior category in Dublin — a strong milestone in her development.

Away from racing, Margot is also a student and structures her weeks around an adapted timetable to balance classes and training. Versatile by nature, she moves from cross country to the track with a clear focus on the 3,000m steeplechase, while keeping a love for natural terrain. She says it openly: cross country remains her favourite discipline. That search for balance — body and mind — shapes the way she improves: consistency, listening to sensations, and staying clear-headed when intensity rises.