Agathe Guillemot Explained

Agathe Guillemot
Nationality:French
Sport:Athletics
Event:800m, 1500m
Birth Date:11 July 1999
Birth Place:Pont-l'Abbé
Pb:400m: 54.79 (Angers, 2021)
800m: 2:02.07 (Huizingen, 2022)
1500m: 3:56.69 (Paris, 2024)

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] 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]

She was selected for the French mixed relay team at the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agathe Guillemot. 15 August 2023. World Athletics.
  2. Web site: Médailles de bronze pour Ilionis Guillaume et Agathe Guillemot . L’Equipe . 10 June 2024.
  3. Web site: euro.dayfr. Athletics. Bretonne Agathe Guillemot, French champion in the 1500m, sets her sights on the worlds. 30 July 2023. 15 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Championnats d’Europe d’Athlétisme U23 : Nouveau record de France sur 4x400m. 14 July 2011. www.lesportaufeminin.fr. Marion Hamard. 15 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Agathe Guillemot réalise les minima pour les Mondiaux d’athlétisme. letelegramme.fr. 15 August 2023. 22 July 2023.
  6. Web site: euro.dayfr. La Bigoudène Agathe Guillemot queen of France over 1,500m. 29 July 2023. 15 August 2023.
  7. Web site: Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023. Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023.
  8. Web site: 49.63 for Bol and 22.37m for Fabbri light up Lievin. European Athletics. 12 February 2024. 10 February 2024. Mills. Steven.
  9. Web site: WIC Glasgow 24 preview: 1500m. World Athletics. 27 February 2024. 27 February 2024.
  10. Web site: Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024. Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. 2 March 2024.
  11. Web site: Tual, Finot, Guillaume, Guillemot... What to remember from the third evening of the European Championships. 10 June 2024. 10 June 2024. lequipe.fr.
  12. Web site: Agathe Guillemot, new France record holder, always faster in the 1500m. Donneux. Romain. July 9, 2024. July 9, 2024. fr.
  13. Web site: Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics. Watch Athletics. 8 September 2024. 10 August 2024.
  14. Web site: JO 2024 - Athletics. A record selection of Breton athletes for the Paris Games. Ouest-France. 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024.
  15. Web site: France seeking mixed relay defence in Antalya 2024. European Athletics. 4 December 2024. 2 December 2024.

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