Gémima Joseph

Gémima Joseph
Gémima Joseph at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001
Kourou, French Guiana
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
60 m, 100 m, 200 m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
World Relays
Silver medal – second place2024 Nassau4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Rome4 × 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Espoo4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2023 Espoo200 m
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Borås200 m

Gémima Joseph (born 17 October 2001) is a French sprinter. She won the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint double at the French Athletics Championships in both 2024 and 2026. She won a silver medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Early life

From French Guiana, Joseph was hugely influenced as a teenager when she started being coached by former international sprinter Katia Benth, and then when Benth had ill-health, Joseph was coached by Benth's former coach Gaetan Tariaffe. Joseph has made the decision to stay mostly based away from mainland France in favour of remaining in her homeland. She studies in Cayenne for a Diploma in Accounting and Management.[2]

Career

Joseph won the bronze medal in athletics 200 m during the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2017, held in Győr, Hungary. She became the French junior champion in both 100 m and 200 m in 2019,[3] and won silver in the 200 m at the European Junior Championship in 2019.[4]

On 16 June 2021 in Cergy-Pontoise, Joseph ran 22:77 for the 200 m and became the first Frenchwoman to make the qualifying standard for the 200 m at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games. In doing so, she also became the fastest Frenchwoman over the distance for seven years. Remarkably, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race had come for Joseph after an enforced 10 day quarantine following her arrival in France which had affected her ability to train. Earlier at the meeting she also broke her 100 m personal best, by running 11:40.[5]

In April 2024 at the Guyana Games, she ran personal best times of 11.04 seconds for the 100 metres and 22.57 seconds for the 200 metres.[6] She ran as part of the French 4 × 100 m relay team which finished as runner-up and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[7] She finished sixth in the 100 metres final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in a time of 11.06 seconds.[8]

Joseph won a sprint double at the French Athletics Championships in June 2024 in Angers, including a personal best 11.01 seconds for the 100 metres.[9][10] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[11] She also competed in the 100 metres race at the Games.[12] She then also ran as part of the France relay team that competed in the 4 × 100 m relay at the Games.[13]

In September 2025, she competed as the French team placed sixth in the women's 4 × 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[14][15]

Joseph was selected as part of the French team in May 2026 for the 2026 World Athletics Relays and ran in the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay. She also ran in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships in Gaborone, Botswana.[16][17][18] On 25 July 2026, she won the 100 metres at the 2026 French Championships, running 11.26 seconds into a headwind. The following day she returned to also win the 200 metres final.[19][20] Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in August, she was a finalist in the 200 metres placing fifth overall.[21] She also competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the championships as France placed fifth in the final.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Gémima JOSEPH | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "L'athlète guyanaise Gemima Joseph cultive l'appétit olympique avec son mentor Katia Benth". Outre-mer la 1ère.
  3. ↑ "Questions à ... Gémima Joseph championne de France junior 2019 du 100 et 200m". Guyane la 1ère.
  4. ↑ "Championnats d'Europe Juniors : Claire Palou et Gemina Joseph en argent". Le Sport au Féminin. 20 July 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Sur 200 m, Gémina Joseph réalise les minima olympiques pour les Jeux de Tokyo". L'Équipe.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Ludmia (14 April 2024). "Guyana 2024 Games: the return of the meeting marked by the performances of Gemima Joseph". lalere.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Tual, Finot, Guillaume, Guillemot... What to remember from the third evening of the European Championships". lequipe.fr. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "National championships roundup - Fast times highlight the British and French Championships". European Athletics. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "National championships roundup - Big vaults for Caudery and Karalis". European-Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Women's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "WRE Gaborone 26 preview: global medallists clash in women's 4x100m". World Athletics. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  19. ↑ Lesueur Publié, Louka (26 July 2026). "Le record de France pour Samuel Vessat, les minima pour Méta Tumba… les temps forts de la 3e journée des Championnats de France d'athlétisme 2026". dicodusport.fr. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  20. ↑ Clot-Amiot, Victor (25 July 2026). "Black confirme, Miellet monte en puissance… les 5 temps forts de la 2e journée des Championnats de France d'athlétisme 2026". dicodusport. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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