Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (born 11 May 1992) is a French

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athlete specializing in middle-distance running, and in particular the

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event.

Career

Bosse won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2012 European Championships held in

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. On 18 July 2014, Bosse ran his personal best time (1:42.53) at the

race at the Herculis meet, a Diamond League meeting held in

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; he finished the race in second place behind

Nijel Amos Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos (born 15 March 1994) is a Motswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was Botswana's first ever Olympic medal. Early life Nijel Amos is from Ma ...

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. Both Amos's and Bosse's times at this meeting were the first and second fastest 800 metre times in the world for 2014; with Bosse running fast enough to be the new French national record holder for the 800 metres outdoors. On 8 August 2017, he won the men's 800 m at the IAAF World Championships in

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in a time of 1:44.67. With the absence of

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...

due to injury the 800 m final was relatively wide open. However, with Bosse not having run close to the world lead, and having to start his season late due to injury he was not considered a favorite. The final went out at a moderate pace with the leader Brandon McBride passing through 400 m in 50.76. While

Kipyegon Bett Kipyegon Bett (born 1 February 1998) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. Bett won the 800 metres at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He also came second in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Y ...

and

battled each other as they took the lead, Bosse ran a clear path around the outside to take the lead going into the final turn. He emerged from the turn with a three-metre lead on the battle and neither could muster a challenge. His final challengers were

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and Kyle Langford, making a late run from the back of the pack, but Bosse was too far ahead to see the challengers. He looked at the scoreboard, pointing at himself in disbelief.https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-800-M-f----.RS6.pdf

International competitions

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* 1992 births Living people French male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for France European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Nantes World Athletics Championships winners French Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub