Caroline Agnou (born 26 May 1996) is a Swiss

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who specialises in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, finishing 22nd. Earlier that year she won the gold at the 2015 European Junior Championships. Her personal best in heptathlon is 6123 points set in Eskilstuna in 2015. She has a

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-German mother and a Beninese father.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 24.36 (-0.1 m/s) (Bydgoszcz 2017) * 800 metres – 2:16.06 (Bydgoszcz 2017) *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

– 13.60 (-0.1 m/s) (Zürich 2017) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– 1.74 (Eskilstuna 2015) * Long jump – 6.36 (+0.3 m/s) (Bydgoszcz 2017) *

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

– 14.77 (Bydgoszcz 2017) * Javelin throw – 49.34 (Eskilstuna 2015) *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

– 6330 (Bydgoszcz 2017) Indoor * 800 metres – 2:21.03 (Magglingen 2018) *

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

– 8.42 (Magglingen 2018) *

– 1.74 (Magglingen 2018) * Long jump – 6.34 (Magglingen 2018) *

– 14.92 (Birmingham 2018) *

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

– 4440 (Magglingen 2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agnou, Caroline 1996 births Living people Swiss heptathletes Swiss sportswomen World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland People from Biel/Bienne District Swiss people of Beninese descent Swiss people of German descent FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Switzerland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from the canton of Bern