French middle-distance runner (born 1999)
Agathe Guillemot
Nationality French Born (1999-07-11 ) 11 July 1999 (age 25) Pont-l'Abbé Sport Athletics Event(s) 800m , 1500m Personal best(s) 400m : 54.79 (Angers, 2021)800m: 2:02.07 (Huizingen, 2022)1500m: 3:58.05 (Paris, 2023)
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
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]
In July 2024, she was officially selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics .[13]
References
^ "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 .
^ "JO 2024 - Athletics. A record selection of Breton athletes for the Paris Games" . Ouest-France . 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024 .