Ilionis Guillaume

Ilionis Guillaume
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998
Haiti
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bests14.59m (Guadalajara, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 RomeTriple jump
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 GrossetoTriple jump

Ilionis Guillaume (born 13 January 1998) is a French track and field athlete who is a twice national indoor champion in the triple jump. She was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Early life

She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She moved to Montpellier in France at the age of five years-old and began participating in athletics at the age of seven years-old.[2] She was a successful junior athlete winning French national indoor titles in 60m hurdles, triple jump, high jump and long jump.[3]

Career

She was runner-up at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy. The following year, she won the French Athletics Indoor Championships in the triple jump, with a new personal best of 14.07 metres in February 2018.[4]

She was runner-up at the French Athletics Championships in the triple jump in 2020.[5]

She won another national title at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere.[6] She competed for France at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzów, Poland.[7]

She competed for France at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[8] She finished in eighth place with a best distance of 14.01 metres.[9]

She won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, winning the medal with her final jump, a new personal best distance of 14.43 metres.[10] She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, jumping 14.05 metres to qualify for the final and placing twelfth overall with a best jump of 13.78 metres in the final.[11]

She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, finishing sixth in the final with a best jump of 13.54 metres.[12][13] She jumped 14.20 metres to finish third in May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.[14] In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[15][16]

On 25 July 2026, she jumped 14.14 metres to win the triple jump at the 2026 French Championships.[17] In August, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Ilionis Guillaume". World Athletics. 3 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Geffard, Childo (2 December 2019). "Athletics: Born in Haiti, this athlete is making sparks in Europe!". Haititempo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ilionis Guillaume, four times superior". Ourst France. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Ledru, Pierre-Alexis (19 February 2018). "Ilionis Guillaume championne de France du triple saut". Sportmag. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ilionis Guillaume was seduced by the Lille Métropole Athlétisme project". Lavoixdunord. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Athlétisme. Tous les podiums des championnats de France en salle". 19 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Women's Triple Jump Results - 2023 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division". World Athletics. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's Triple Jump Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Athletics Results - Athletics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Tual, Finot, Guillaume, Guillemot... What to remember from the third evening of the European Championships". lequipe.fr. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Women's Triple Jump Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
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