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.

Career

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.

Personal bests

Outdoor

EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Decathlon—N/aRome10–11 June 20248,606 points
100 metres10.55 (+0.4 m/s)Rome10 June 2024963 points
Long jump7.59 m (24 ft 10+3⁄4 in) (-1.2 m/s)Rome10 June 2024957 points
Shot put16.46 m (54 ft 0 in)Talence23 September 2023880 points
High jump2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Montpellier11 May 2019850 points
400 metres47.48Saint-Denis2 August 2024934 points
110 metres hurdles13.88 (+0.7 m/s)Rome11 June 2024990 points
Discus throw46.47 m (152 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Grand Lyon6 September 2020797 points
Pole vault5.07 m (16 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Talence24 September 2023932 points
Javelin throw62.89 m (206 ft 3+3⁄4 in)Tokyo21 September 2025781 points
1500 metres4:27.46Talence24 September 2023761 points
Virtual Best Performance8,845 points

Indoor

EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Heptathlon—N/aAubière27–28 January 20246,230 points
60 metres6.89Aubière28 January 2023922 points
Long jump7.33 m (24 ft 1⁄2 in)Aubière27 January 2024893 points
Shot put16.95 m (55 ft 7+1⁄4 in)Glasgow2 March 2024910 points
High jump1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in)Lyon3 February 2018785 points
60 metres hurdles7.79Miramas18 February 20241,035 points
Pole vault5.01 m (16 ft 5 in)Aubière28 January 2024913 points
1000 metres2:37.57Aubière19 February 2023901 points
Virtual Best Performance6,359 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.