Margot Chevrier

Margot Chevrier

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 25) Nice, France
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole Vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Pole Vault: 4.71m (Paris, 2023)

Margot Chevrier (born 21 December 1999) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. She is a multiple French national champion, indoors and outdoors.[1]

Early and personal life

From Nice, Chevrier started athletics in 2012. She combines her Athletics training with studying medicine.[2]

Career

In June 2022 Chevrier claimed her third consecutive French national pole vault title.[3]

Chevrier reached the final of the Women's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July 2022, but did not register a height in the final.[4] Competing in the Women's pole vault at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022, Chevrier finished tenth overall.[5]

In February 2023 she claimed her fourth consecutive national pole vault title, 2 indoors and 2 outdoors.[6]

She set a new personal best height of 4.71m to finish second at the Paris Diamond League event on 9 June 2023.[7] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[8]

She finished in eighth place at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. During the event she suffered a broken ankle which halted the competition for 15 minutes while she received medical treatment and was stretchered from the arena.[9]

References

1. "Margot Chevrier~accessdate=9 June 2023". World Athletics.
2. Goursaud, Etienne (25 February 2022). "Athlé – Margot Chevrier – J'ai toujours été un peu casse-cou". sans-filtre.fr. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
3. "Margot Chevrier again champion of France". Archysport.com. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
4. Kriel, Délia (27 July 2022). "Margot Chevrier: "I would like to achieve the French record at Herculis". Lagazettedemonaco.com. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
5. "La perchiste niçoise Margot Chevrier termine 10e de la finale des championnats d'Europe". Nicematin.com. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
6. "Athlétisme. Margot Chevrier décroche un quatrième titre d'affilée à la perche". Ouest-France.fr. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
7. "Kipyegon, Girma and Ingebrigtsen make history in Paris". World Athletics. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
8. "Women's Pole Vault Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
9. Wilson, Jeremy (2 March 2024). "French pole vaulter Margot Chevrier suffers horror ankle break that left 'bone sticking out'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 March 2024.