Agathe Guillemot

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Agathe Guillemot
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 24)
Pont-l'Abbé
Sport
Sport Athletics
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 Flag of France.svg  France
European U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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

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]

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References

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