Anaïs Bourgoin

Anaïs Bourgoin
Competing at the 2024 Olympic Games
Personal information
Born (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800 m: 1:55.65 (Paris, 2026) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rome800 m
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 TurinMixed relay

Anaïs Bourgoin (born 3 October 1996) is a French middle-distance runner. She set a new French national record over 800 metres in 2026. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Championships over 800 metres and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Early life

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

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] She placed fourth in the 800 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in May 2025, running a personal best 1:57.81.[12] The following month she won the 800 metres in 1:58.60 at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division.[13] She finished fourth over 800 meters at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[14] She ran a 2:33.36 personal best over 1000 metres in Monaco at the 2025 Herculis.[15] She placed fourth over 800m at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne.[16] She placed third in a personal best 1:56.97 for the 800 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[17] She was a semi-finalist in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[18][19]

In May 2026, she placed fifth in the 800 metres in the 2026 Diamond League meeting in Rabat.[20] On 7 June, she placed fourth in the 800 m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm.[21] On 28 June, she set a new French national record with 1:55.65 at the 2026 Meeting de Paris, breaking the previous best set by Patricia Djate in 1995.[22] On 4 July, she ran 1:58.66 at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.[23] Competing at the European Championships in August, in Birmingham, England, she was a finalist in the 800 metres, placing ninth overall. In her semi-final she was involved in a racing incident in the closing stages after her hand inadvertently struck the foot of eventual gold-medalist Audrey Werro, causing the Swiss woman to fall, with Werro later reinstated into the final on appeal.[24][25]

Personal life

She is from Vendôme, and is a member of the Entente Franconville Césame in Val-d'Oise.[26] 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][27] 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.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Anaïs Bourgoin". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Who is Anais Bourgoin, bronze medalist in the 800m at the European Athletics Championships?". France TV Info. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Athletics - French Elite championships: Tual, Prevost and Bourgoin in silver". Francebleu. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "France ranks third in the mixed relay of the European Cross Championships". lequipe.fr. December 11, 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "European Athletics Championships: six athletes from Val-d'Oise present in Rome". actu.fr. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "European Athletics Championships Anaïs Bourgoin on the microphone after her qualification". Francetv. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Mihambo lays down huge marker with 7.03m long jump qualifier". European Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "European Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Henderson, Jason (28 June 2025). "DOUBLE DUTCH RELAY DELIGHT AT EURO TEAM CHAMPS IN MADRID". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Results - Monaco Diamond League Herculis 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Results - Athletissima Lausanne Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 Sep 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  19. ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League (BAUHAUS-Galan) 2026". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  22. ↑ Mills, Steven (28 June 2026). "Third fastest 800m in history! Werro improves to 1:53.80 in Paris". European Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  23. ↑ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (4 July 2026). "Fireworks at Pre: Hiltz Stuns Kipyegon, High Schooler Taylor Rips 19.75 on the 4th of July". Lets Run. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
  24. ↑ Henderson, Jason (13 August 2026). "AUDREY WERRO REINSTATED AFTER DRAMATIC FALL AS KEELY HODGKINSON CRUISES INTO 800M FINAL". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "European Championships: Vendômoise Anaïs Bourgoin qualifies for the 800m semi-finals". lanouvellerepublique. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  27. ↑ Bonneaux, Romain (12 June 2024). ""It will change my status," Anaïs Bourgoin, from resourcefulness to Olympic dream". Lequipe. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  28. ↑ "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.
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