Agathe Guillemot

Agathe Guillemot

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 26) Pont-l'Abbé
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800m, 1500m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400m: 54.79 (Angers, 2021) 800m: 2:00.73 (Franconville, 2025) Mile: 4:19.08 NR (London, 2025) 1500m: 3:56.69 NR (Paris, 2024) 2000m: 5:32.63 NR (Monaco, 2024)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   France Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships 0 0 1 European Indoor Championships 1 0 0 European U23 Championships 0 1 0 Total 1 1 1 European Championships 2024 Rome 1500 m European Indoor Championships 2025 Apeldoorn 1500 m European U23 Championships 2021 Tallinn 4×400 m relay European Cross Country Championships 2024 Antalya Mixed 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] On 10 June 2024, she won the Bronze Medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. ^[2] On 7 March 2025, she won gold at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

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]

2023: French champion

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]

2024: European medalist and Olympic debut

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, winning the silver medal. ^{[15] [16]}

2025: European indoor champion

She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, winning gold in the 1500 metres, becoming the first French female to achieve this feat. ^{[17] [18]} She finished fourth in the 1500 metres in May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. ^[19] She won the 1500 metres competing for France at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 29 June 2025. ^[20] She set a 2:34.75 personal best over 1000 metres in Monaco at the 2025 Herculis. ^[21] She ran a season’s best 3:58.29 for the 1500 metres at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in the Diamond League, in Brussels, Belgium on 22 August. ^[22] She placed ninth in the 1500 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. ^[23] She was selected for the French team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[24]

References

1. "Agathe Guillemot". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
2. "Médailles de bronze pour Ilionis Guillaume et Agathe Guillemot". L’Equipe. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
3. "Athletics. Bretonne Agathe Guillemot, French champion in the 1500m, sets her sights on the worlds". euro.dayfr. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. Marion Hamard (14 July 2011). "Championnats d'Europe d'Athlétisme U23 : Nouveau record de France sur 4x400m". www.lesportaufeminin.fr. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
5. "Agathe Guillemot réalise les minima pour les Mondiaux d'athlétisme". letelegramme.fr. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
6. "La Bigoudène Agathe Guillemot queen of France over 1,500m". euro.dayfr. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
7. "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
8. Mills, Steven (10 February 2024). "49.63 for Bol and 22.37m for Fabbri light up Lievin". European Athletics. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
9. "WIC Glasgow 24 preview: 1500m". World Athletics. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
10. "Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
11. "Tual, Finot, Guillaume, Guillemot... What to remember from the third evening of the European Championships". lequipe.fr. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
12. Donneux, Romain (July 9, 2024). "Agathe Guillemot, new France record holder, always faster in the 1500m" (in French). Archived from the original on July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
13. "Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
14. "JO 2024 - Athletics. A record selection of Breton athletes for the Paris Games". Ouest-France. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
15. "France seeking mixed relay defence in Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
16. "Italy regain mixed relay title in closest ever finish at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
17. "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
18. "GB's Walcott-Nolan wins bronze medal at European Indoors". BBC Sport. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
19. "Results - Doha Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2025. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
20. Broadbent, Chris (29 June 2025). "Guillemot and Nadar take 1500m victories for France and Portugal". European Athletics. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
21. "Results - Monaco Diamond League Herculis 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 July 2025. Archived from the original on 19 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
22. "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
23. "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
24. "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

External links

• Agathe Guillemot at World Athletics
• Agathe Guillemot at the French Athletics Federation (in French)
• Agathe Guillemot at Olympics.com