Cassandre Beaugrand (born 23 May 1997 in Livry-Gargan)[1] is a French triathlete. She is the only female triathlete (and the second ever after male Alistair Brownlee) to have won a gold medal in the three major competitions, Olympic Games (2024),[2] World Championships (2024)[3] and European Championships (2022).[4]
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| Born | 23 May 1997 (age 27) Livry-Gargan, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editFrom 2006 to 2011, Cassandre Beaugrand represented her hometown club Livry-Gargan Athlétisme and since then has been trained by her father Ludovic Beaugrand.[citation needed]
Triathlon career
editIn 2012 Beaugrand joined AS Monaco Athlétisme and Saint-Raphaël Triathlon, which she left in 2014 to represent Poissy Triathlon in the prestigious French Grand Prix de Triathlon circuit.[5] On 28 September 2014, Beaugrand took part in the Grande Finale of the Club Championship Circuit in Nice and won both the individual and the club ranking, at the same time this race served as the Elite French Championship.
Since 2012, Cassandre Beaugrand has taken part in ITU competitions. At the age of 15, she placed second at the European Championships in Aguilas (1 September 2012) in the Team Relay Youth category (16–17 years). In 2013, she won the silver medal at the French Championships (1 June 2013) in the junior category although she was still in the first year of the youth category (cadette, 16–17 years), and at the European Championships in Holten (27 June 2013) she won the gold medal in the Team Relay Youth category. In 2014, she won her first individual gold medal at the Junior European Cup event in Quarteira (13 April 2014) and at the European Junior Championships in Kitzbuhel (20 June 2014) she placed third. At the Junior World Championships in Edmonton (29 August 2014) Beaugrand won the silver medal.
In 2013 and 2014, Beaugrand also took part in ITU Elite races although she still belonged to the Youth category: at the French Championships on 29 September 2013 she placed fourth and at the European Sprint Cup in Bratislava (18 May 2014) she won the silver medal. At the Mixed Relay World Championships in Hamburg (13 July 2014) Beaugrand, still being in the youth category (cadette, 16–17 years), also won the silver medal in the Elite category.[6]
In the French media, in June 2014 Beaugrand was hailed as France's new hope for national and international triathlon events,[7] but Beaugrand was already internationally known from 2013 on when she won the 1500m race at the EYOF (European Olympic Youth Festival) on 17 July 2013 in Utrecht.
Beaugrand is also the French 2013 and 2014 Youth Champion in cross country,[8] and in 2013 and 2014 she also set the new national records for 1500m in her age class (youth/cadette).[9] On 27 October 2014 Beaugrand also set a new youth record on the 10 km distance (called semi-marathon or Voie Royale) in Saint-Denis.[10]
Beaugrand also competes in Super League Triathlon. She finished the 2018 Championship season in 3rd place and was 8th in 2021.[11]
On 31 July 2021, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the mixed relay event.[12]
Beaugrand won the first Super League Triathlon Championship Series event of the 2022 Season in London, where she finished ahead of Taylor Spivey and Georgia Taylor Brown,[13] however was eliminated from the second event, after struggling with unfavourable conditions on the bike.[14]
On 23 April 2022, Beaugrand set a Women's Run Record for Arena Games Triathlon racing on her way to victory at Arena Games Triathlon London 2022.[15]
In August 2022, she won the gold medal at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships in the mixed relay event.[16]
Beaugrand has set good times in swimming. For a 200-meter swim, her record is 2'07"25.[17]
On 31 July 2024 she won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2024 Olympic Games, which took place in her home city of Paris with the swimming taking place in the River Seine. She credited her victory to the recent move to England, where she trains in Loughborough, helping her to get used to compete in the rain. [18]
On 20 October 2024, she won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2024 World Championships.[3]
Personal life
editBeaugrand lives in Antibes where she was coached by her father and in 2014/15 was attending the local Lycée Audiberti.[citation needed]
The local swimming club CN Antibes served as her training base.
Awards and honours
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References
edit- ^ "Les Sélections Internationales". bases.athle.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "Cassandre Beaugrand wins Olympic triathlon, securing France's sixth gold medal - We Are Wearside". 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Cassandre Beaugrand sacrée championne du monde de triathlon après sa victoire en finale de la WTCS". L’Equipe. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Triathlon : la France impressionne et remporte le titre de champion d'Europe de relais mixte". Le Figaro. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ See http://www.poissytriathlon.com/equipe-feminine/cassandre-beaugrand[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ See http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/63163/cassandre_beaugrand. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ Cf. e.g. http://www.trimag.fr/actu/triathlon/cassandre-beaugrand-la-nouvelle-pepite-du-triathlon-francais/ Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine and http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/sports/la-nouvelle-bombe-du-triathlon-francais-20-06-2014-3937385.php. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ See http://www.vo2.fr/actualite/cross-cassandra-beaugrand-2eme-titre-chez-les-cadettes-au-france-de-cross-02032014-8533.html Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ See http://www.vo2.fr/actualite/athletisme-record-de-france-pour-cassandre-beaugrand-minima-pour-zurich-pour-renelle-lamote-30062014-8991.html Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ See http://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=12260. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Cassandre Beaugrand » Super League Triathlon". Super League Triathlon. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "JO-2020: l'équipe de France de triathlon médaillée de bronze en relais mixte". L’Express. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Powell, Megan (4 September 2022). "BEAUGRAND VICTORIOUS IN LONDON OPENER". Super League Triathlon. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Powell, Megan (11 September 2022). "Georgia Taylor-Brown Battles The Elements In Dominant Munich Display". Super League Triathlon. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Cassandre Beaugrand Powers To Win At Arena Games Triathlon London powered by Zwift". Super League Triathlon. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Triathlon : la France impressionne et remporte le titre de champion d'Europe de relais mixte". Le Figaro. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Cassandre Beaugrand: what about her swimsuit and trainings?". ProsWorkout. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (31 July 2024). "France's Cassandre Beaugrand wins women's triathlon to delight Paris". theguardian.com. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". 23 September 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
External links
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- Club Poissy Triathlon[permanent dead link]
- Cassandre Beaugrand at World Triathlon
- Cassandre Beaugrand at Olympedia (archive)
- Cassandre Beaugrand at Olympics.com
- Cassandre Beaugrand at Olympic.org (archived)
- Cassandre Beaugrand at Équipe de France (in French)
- Cassandre Beaugrand at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
