Agathe Guillemot

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.

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 best(s)	400m: 54.79 (Angers, 2021) 800m: 2:02.07 (Huizingen, 2022) 1500m: 3:56.69 (Paris, 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

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]