Makenson Gletty

Makenson Gletty (born 2 April 1999 in Mirebalais, Haiti) is a French track and field athlete. He is a national champion in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon. He was a bronze medalist in the decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.

Biography Gletty was crowned French heptathlon champion at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubière in February 2023, scoring a tally of 6090 points. He competed at the 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships in the indoor heptathlon in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2023, and finished in ninth place overall with 5133 points.

Gletty won the French outdoor national championships decathlon title in Albi, in July 2023 with 8279 points. Competing at the Decastar meeting in Talence, Gletty set a new personal best of 8443 points to win the decathlon at the final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event of the season on 24 September 2023.

Gletty was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in March 2024, and finished in fifth place overall with 6187 points. Competing in the decathlon he was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024, with a personal best tally of 8606 points.

Gletty competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in twelfth place overall, having gained 8309 points.

Gletty placed ninth with 8146 points at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Gletty was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026. In August, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, placing sixth overall in decathlon.

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Performance Location Date Points Decathlon Rome 10–11 June 2024 8,606 points 100 metres 10.55 (+0.4 m/s) Rome 10 June 2024 963 points Long jump (-1.2 m/s) Rome 10 June 2024 957 points Shot put Talence 23 September 2023 880 points High jump Montpellier 11 May 2019 850 points 400 metres 47.48 Saint-Denis 2 August 2024 934 points 110 metres hurdles 13.88 (+0.7 m/s) Rome 11 June 2024 990 points Discus throw Grand Lyon 6 September 2020 797 points Pole vault Talence 24 September 2023 932 points Javelin throw Tokyo 21 September 2025 781 points 1500 metres 4:27.46 Talence 24 September 2023 761 points Virtual Best Performance 8,845 points

Indoor

Event Performance Location Date Points Heptathlon Aubière 27–28 January 2024 6,230 points 60 metres 6.89 Aubière 28 January 2023 922 points Long jump Aubière 27 January 2024 893 points Shot put Glasgow 2 March 2024 910 points High jump Lyon 3 February 2018 785 points 60 metres hurdles 7.79 Miramas 18 February 2024 1,035 points Pole vault Aubière 28 January 2024 913 points 1000 metres 2:37.57 Aubière 19 February 2023 901 points Virtual Best Performance 6,359 points

Personal life A native of Haiti, he moved to France at the age of seven years-old. He completed a sports studies program in Montpellier. He trains in Nice, France, where he became a member of the French National Police in January 2023.