Pierrick-Linda Moulin

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Pierrick-Linda Moulin
Personal information
Born (2001-06-12) 12 June 2001 (age 24)
Libreville, Gabon
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100m: 11.35 (2024)
200m: 23.76 (2023)
Indoors
60m: 7.31 (2025)
200m: 23.97 (2025) NR
60mH: 9.21 (2022) NR

Pierrick-Linda Moulin (born 12 June 2001) is a Gabonese sprinter. She is the national record holder over 200 metres indoors. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. [1]

Biography

She is from Libreville in Gabon, but became based in France from the age of six years-old. She lived in Romans-sur-Isère and competed as a member of Entente Athlétique Romanaise Péagoise (EARP) and Entente Athlétique Rhône Vercors (EARC), and also trained in rugby union with FGC Amazones in Grenoble. [2] [3] [4] She placed third in the 100 metres at the French junior championships in Albi in September 2020. [5]

In February 2023, at the age of 22 years-old, she ran a personal best time and Gabonese national indoor record of 24.12 seconds to finish runner-up in the 200 metres at the French Junior Indoor Championships in Miramas. [6] In June 2023, competing for Annecy Athletics, she set a personal best in the 100 meters of 11.64 seconds. She then improved her personal best in the 200m later that day, with 23.92 seconds. [7]

She was a semi-finalist in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the delayed 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana, in March 2024. [8] [9] She was also a semi-finalist in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in Douala, Cameroon, in June 2024. [10] [11]

She was selected to compete in the women's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, running 11.58 seconds without advancing to the semi-finals. [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. "Pierrick-Linda Moulin". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  2. "Who is Pierrick-Linda Moulin, a player for the FCG Amazones and selected by Gabon to compete in the Olympic Games?". Le Dauphine. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  3. "Pierrick-Linda Moulin : "Ma coach a intensifié mon programme d'entraînement et de préparation"". Union.sonapresse. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  4. "Rejected from the Olympic Games three weeks before Tokyo, this sprinter from Annecy shines in Cameroon!". Le Dauphine. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  5. "Carine Mekam Ndong and Pierrick-Linda Moulin on the podium at the French Athletics Championship". journalombre.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  6. "Athletics/Pierrick Linda Moulin, French indoor junior vice-champion". Gabonallsport.com. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  7. ""The Olympics, I'm already thinking about it": Annecy's Pierrick-Linda Moulin makes a date for the 100 and 200 meters". Le Dauphine. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  8. "African Games". World Athletics. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. "Jeux africains d'Accra 2023/ Athlétisme : Maganga Gorra et Moulin en demi-finales". Union.Sonapresse.com. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  10. "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  11. "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  12. "Athletics: Pierrick-Linda Moulin carries Gabon's strategic presence". Gabonmailinfos.com. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  13. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  14. "Tokyo World Championships: Pierrick-Linda Moulin from Drôme enters the fray this Saturday". Le Dauphine. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.