Élodie Guégan (born 19 December 1985 in Ploemeur,

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) is a French middle distance runner, who specialized in the

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. She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 800 metres at the

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, and at the

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. She also set a personal best time of 1:58.93 by finishing fifth at the 2008 ÅF Golden League in Saint-Denis,

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. Guegan made her official debut for the

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, where she competed in the women's 800 metres. She ran in the third heat of the event, against six other athletes, including Kenya's

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, who eventually became an Olympic champion in the final. She came only in third place by nine hundredths of a second (0.09) behind Jamaica's

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, with a time of 2:03.85. Guegan advanced into the next round of the competition, as she secured the final mandatory qualifying slot in the third heat. Guegan, however, fell short in her bid for the final, as she did not finish the race in the third heat of the semifinal rounds. She won the French National 800m championships in

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and the French National Indoors 800m championship also in

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Profile – French Olympic Committee
* * * * 1985 births Living people People from Ploemeur French female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Morbihan 21st-century French women {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub