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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 2001 Kourou | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60m, 100m, 200m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gémima Joseph (born 17 October 2001) is a French athlete. [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
She won the bronze medal in athletics 200m during the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2017, held in Győr, Hungary. She became the French junior champion in both 100m and 200m in 2019, [3] and won silver in the 200m at the European Junior Championship in 2019. [4]
On 16 June 2021 in Cergy-Pontoise, Joseph ran 22:77 for the 200m and became the first Frenchwoman to make the qualifying standard for the 200m 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 100m 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]
References
- ^ "Gémima JOSEPH | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "L'athlète guyanaise Gemima Joseph cultive l'appétit olympique avec son mentor Katia Benth". Outre-mer la 1ère.
- ^ "Questions à ... Gémima Joseph championne de France junior 2019 du 100 et 200m". Guyane la 1ère.
- ^ "Championnats d'Europe Juniors : Claire Palou et Gemina Joseph en argent". Le Sport au Féminin. July 20, 2019.
- ^ "Sur 200 m, Gémina Joseph réalise les minima olympiques pour les Jeux de Tokyo". L'Équipe.
- ^ 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.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- French Guianan female sprinters
- French people of French Guianan descent
- French female sprinters
- Sportspeople from Cayenne
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for France
- 21st-century French women
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- European Games competitors for France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games