Clash of the Clubs IV
Meet the Teams: Athlétisme Metz Metropole
15 September 2025
Club Profile
- Based at the Stade Saint-Symphorien in Longeville-lès-Metz just outside the northeastern French city of Metz, Athlétisme Metz Metropole was established in 2004 in a fusion of the athletics divisions from two existing local multi-sport clubs, both of which date back to 1960.
- Strongly supported by the Ville de Metz (City of Metz) and the administrative Department de la Moselle, the club’s mission is to encourage the practice of all forms of athletics, at all levels and for all ages. It has a membership of over 900, including 425 in its athletics school for children, and specialises in organising competitions, including the Metz Moslle Athlelor, ranked the world’s fifth best indoor meeting of 2025 by World Athletics.
- The club has enjoyed significant national-level success this year. It’s juniors were selected to represent France at the DNA U20 Clubs in Leiria based on the results of its athletes at the national U20 championships and after a strong performance in the French clubs championships, the senior team was promoted to the country’s top division of 16 for 2026.
- In addition to its latest crop of young stars (see below) Athlétisme Metz Metropole has been home to a number of notable performers including Auriana Lazraq-Khlass, last year’s hepathlon silver medallist at the European Athletics Championships, Quentin Bigot, the 2019 world championship silver medallist in the hammer throw, and Bouabdellah (Bob) Tahri, winner of multiple European and World championship medals in a long international career that ended in 2016 and still the European record holder for the 3000m steeplechase.
- Website: a2m.athle.fr
DNA History
- In Leiria, Athletisme Metz Metropole will be making its second appearance at the Clash of the Clubs, having competed for the first time last year. The club is the third to represent France in the event after Clermont Auvergne Athletísme in 2022 and and CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in 2023.
- After experiencing DNA at the 2024 Clash, the team leadership reported that their athletes and coaches were “very satisfied with the competition” and that the format is “really very interesting for athletics, very dynamic and should please young people.”
Athletes to Watch
- Sixteen year-old Belgian Maya Wintquin (instagram.com/wintquinmaya), holds her country’s national indoor U18 200m record (24.14) and was the 200m champion and 100m runner-up at this year’s outdoor U18 championships. She ran a personal best time of 24.07 in her 200m semi to make the final at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje, Northern Macedonia. She also has PBs of 12.13 in the 100m and 54.77 in the 400m.
- Louma Barmada, 18, (instagram.com/loumabrm), placed 4th in the 200m at this year’s French U20 championships with a personal best time of 24.14 and she was a semi-finalist in the 100m. Her 100m PB is 12.01 and earlier this summer she ran a wind-aided time of 11.91.
- Sprinter-hurdler Sami Laouida-Baba, 19, (instagram.com/sami_liba) a Spanish national placed 3rd in the 110m hurdles (99cm) at his country’s 2025 U20 Championships, where he ran a personal best time of 13.89 in the heats, before competing at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere. He also has a PB of 21.90 for the 200m.
