Léna Kandissounon

Léna Kandissounon (born 26 November 1998) is a French track and field athlete. In 2021 she became French national champion over 400m indoor.

Early life
Born in Brest, with Franco-Beninese heritage, Kandissounon grew up in Aulnay-sous-Bois in the suburbs of Paris.

Career
Coached by Marc Reuzé, at the Haute Bretagne Athlé, in Rennes, Kandissounon splits her time between Paris and Brittany. She won the French national under-23 indoor title over 800m, in 2020, in Saint-Brieuc. The following year she won the indoor national senior title.

Kandissounon reached the semi-final at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, in March 2023. In June 2023 she set a new personal best and ran sub-two minutes for the 800m for the first time, achieving 1:59.65 at the 2023 Paris Diamond League event.

She ran to fourth place in the final of the final of the 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, running 1:59.81.

In July 2024, she was officially selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.