Anaïs Bourgoin
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| Born | 3 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:58.65 (Rome, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Anaïs Bourgoin (born 3 October 1996) is a French middle-distance runner. She won the French Indoor Athletics Championships in 2024 and won the bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships over 800 metres, in 2024, and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Early life
[edit]At the age of 14 years-old and living near Bordeaux, she joined a sports studies program in Talence. She initially took part in triathlon before focusing on athletics. She moved to Paris and passed the police academy exams in 2018.[2]
Career
[edit]In June 2022, she was runner-up at the French Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres race in Caen.[3] Bourgoin was a bronze medalist in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy.[4]
She won the French Indoor Athletics Championships title over 800 metres in Miramas in February 2024, running a time of 2:02.05.[5][6]
She ran a personal best time of 1:58.65 to qualify for the final of the 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[7][8] She ran to a bronze medal in the final, running 1:59.30.[9] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.[10]
She finished in fourth place in the 800 metres at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025 in Miramas, running 2:05.79.[11]
Personal life
[edit]She is from Vendôme, and is a member of the Entente Franconville Césame in Val-d'Oise.[12] She worked as a member of the French National Police, stepping aside from full-time work in 2023 in order to focus on her athletics career.[2][13] She was a patron of the Sine Qua Non Run held in Paris on March 15, 2025, an activist race promoting gender equality, supporting women in their quest for public space, and combating all forms of sexist and sexual violence through sport.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anaïs Bourgoin". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Who is Anais Bourgoin, bronze medalist in the 800m at the European Athletics Championships?". France TV Info. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletics - French Elite championships: Tual, Prevost and Bourgoin in silver". Francebleu. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "France ranks third in the mixed relay of the European Cross Championships". lequipe.fr. December 11, 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships: six athletes from Val-d'Oise present in Rome". actu.fr. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships Anaïs Bourgoin on the microphone after her qualification". Francetv. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Mihambo lays down huge marker with 7.03m long jump qualifier". European Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "European Championships: Vendômoise Anaïs Bourgoin qualifies for the 800m semi-finals". lanouvellerepublique. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Bonneaux, Romain (12 June 2024). ""It will change my status," Anaïs Bourgoin, from resourcefulness to Olympic dream". Lequipe. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Anaïs Bourgoin, patron of the 2025 edition of the Sine Qua Non Run". police-nationale.interieur.gouv.fr. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
