Charline Mathias

Charline Kyra Mathias (born 23 May 1992) is a Luxembourgish middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round.

Career She became involved in athletics at a young age and joined CAL Spora Luxembourg, then known as CSL, when she was still at school.

In June 2015, she set a national record when winning gold in the 800 metres at the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She then beat her own record the following month as she ran a time of 2:01.30 in Bellinzona, Italy in July 2015. She subsequently competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing in the 800 metres. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

In July 2018, she won the Luxembourg national title over 400 metres. She was selected to represent Luxembourg at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, over 800 metres for her third consecutive European Indoor Championships.

In the women's 800 meters indoors in February 2022, Mathias broke her own national indoor record set in 2017, with a time of 2:03.91 at the Luxembourg Indoor Athletics Championships.

In February 2024, she set a new national indoor record for the 800 metres, running 2:01.82 to beat Vera Hoffmann into second. In June 2024, she won the outdoors Luxembourg Athletics Championships over 800 meters, in a time of 2:00.68. That month, she was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.

Competition record

Personal bests Outdoor 400 metres – 54.50 (Schifflange 2014) 800 metres – 2:00.35 (Heusden-Zolder 2018) NR 1000 metres – 2:40.09 (Pliezhausen 2018) NR 1500 metres – 4:12.57 (Oordegem 2017) NR 5 kilometres – 17:03 (Trier 2017) Indoor 400 metres – 55.80 (Luxembourg 2010) NR 800 metres – 2:04.32 (Metz 2017) 1500 metres – 4:15.83 (Kirchberg 2018) NR 3000 metres – 9:29.40 (Saarbrücken 2017) NR