Agathe Guillemot

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Agathe Guillemot
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 24)
Pont-l'Abbé
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800m, 1500m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 54.79 (Angers, 2021)
800m: 2:02.07 (Huizingen, 2022)
1500m: 4:03.26 (Monaco, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn 4×400 m relay

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]

Career[edit]

From Finistère, she is based in Rennes and runs for Haute Bretagne Athlétisme.[2] She won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 meters relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[3]

Guillemot ran a new personal best in the mile at the 2023 Diamond League event in Monaco.[4] In July 2023, she became the French national champion over 1500 metres.[5]

She was selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[6]

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.[7] She was selected to run at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[8] 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.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Agathe Guillemot". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Athletics. Bretonne Agathe Guillemot, French champion in the 1500m, sets her sights on the worlds". euro.dayfr. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ Marion Hamard (14 July 2011). "Championnats d'Europe d'Athlétisme U23 : Nouveau record de France sur 4x400m". www.lesportaufeminin.fr. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Agathe Guillemot réalise les minima pour les Mondiaux d'athlétisme". letelegramme.fr. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "La Bigoudène Agathe Guillemot queen of France over 1,500m". euro.dayfr. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ^ "49.63 for Bol and 22.37m for Fabbri light up Lievin". European Athletics. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  8. ^ "WIC Glasgow 24 preview: 1500m". World Athletics. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.