Agathe Guillemot
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1999 Pont-l'Abbé | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800m, 1500m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 54.79 (Angers, 2021) 800m: 2:02.07 (Huizingen, 2022) 1500m: 3:56.69 (Paris, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Agathe Guillemot (born 11 July 1999) is a French middle-distance runner. In July 2023, she became the French national champion over 1500 metres.[1] On 10 June 2024, she won the Bronze Medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[2]
Career
[edit]From Finistère, she is based in Rennes and runs for Haute Bretagne Athlétisme.[3] She won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 meters relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[4]
Guillemot ran a new personal best in the mile at the 2023 Diamond League event in Monaco.[5] In July 2023, she became the French national champion over 1500 metres.[6] She was selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[7]
In February 2024, Guillemot broke the French indoor 1500m record with a run of 4:04.64 at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin.[8] She was selected to run at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[9] She qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race, with a time of 4:11.56. She finished seventh in the final with a time of 4:04.94.[10]
She won bronze in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in a time of 4:05.69.[11]
Guillemot set a new French 1500m national record at the Meeting de Paris finishing in a time of 3:58.05, her first time under the 4-minute barrier. [12] She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, running a new national record on her way to the final, where she placed ninth.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Agathe Guillemot". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Médailles de bronze pour Ilionis Guillaume et Agathe Guillemot". L’Equipe. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Athletics. Bretonne Agathe Guillemot, French champion in the 1500m, sets her sights on the worlds". euro.dayfr. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Marion Hamard (14 July 2011). "Championnats d'Europe d'Athlétisme U23 : Nouveau record de France sur 4x400m". www.lesportaufeminin.fr. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Agathe Guillemot réalise les minima pour les Mondiaux d'athlétisme". letelegramme.fr. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "La Bigoudène Agathe Guillemot queen of France over 1,500m". euro.dayfr. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "49.63 for Bol and 22.37m for Fabbri light up Lievin". European Athletics. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "WIC Glasgow 24 preview: 1500m". World Athletics. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Tual, Finot, Guillaume, Guillemot... What to remember from the third evening of the European Championships". lequipe.fr. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ Donneux, Romain (July 9, 2024). "Agathe Guillemot, new France record holder, always faster in the 1500m" (in French). Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "JO 2024 - Athletics. A record selection of Breton athletes for the Paris Games". Ouest-France. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Agathe Guillemot at World Athletics
- Agathe Guillemot at the French Athletics Federation (in French)
