Joalsiae "Josiane" Llado-Kremmer (born 27 November 1974) is a French former

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

who competed in distances ranging from

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

to the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. Her career briefly flourished between 1996 and 1999, with her sole major title coming at the

1997 European Cross Country Championships The 4th European Cross Country Championships were held at Oeiras in Portugal on 14 December 1997. Danish orienteer Carsten Jørgensen took the title in the men's competition and Joalsiae Llado won the women's race. Results Men individual 10km ...

. She broke the French record in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

twice in 1998, resulting in a lifetime best of 15:11.26 minutes.

Career

Born in Bordeaux,Joalsiae Llado
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-10-19. Llado made her senior international debut at the

1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in ''The New York Times''. Complete results fo ...

, where she came 67th in the senior race. She made her first impact in 1997 when she was the surprise gold medallist at the

, seeing off the more favoured

Elena Fidatov Elena Fidatov, sometimes known as ''Elena Fidatof'', (born 24 July 1960) is a former Romanian middle- and long-distance runner who competed in track, road, and cross country running competitions. In a period spanning 1984 to 2002, she comp ...

and Olivera Jevtic by a margin of more than ten seconds. She also led the French women's team to the top of the team podium. The 1998 season was the most active her career. She began with an appearance at the

1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 21/22, 1998. The races were held at the Menara district in Marrakech, Morocco. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in the Herald, and for the IAAF. ...

, but failed to finish the distance.Joalsiae Llado Honours
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-10-19. She took the first track medal of her career at the 1998 European Cup, finishing third in the

for the bronze medal. She improved the French record for the event twice that year: first she ran 15:16.13 minutes at the

Meeting Gaz de France Meeting de Paris (formerly known as the Meeting Areva and Meeting Gaz de France) is an annual track and field meeting at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamon ...

in Paris, then improved this further to 15:11.26 minutes at the Golden Gala in Rome. She was chosen to represent France at the

1998 European Athletics Championships The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Men's results Track 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Field 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Women's resul ...

but she failed to finish the race. She featured at the

1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the fourteenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 5 September at the Luzhn ...

in Moscow and came eighth in the 5000 m. Llado made her debut over the

distance in 1999 and on her first attempt she won at the

Marathon du Médoc The Marathon du Médoc is a French marathon race, created in 1985, held every year in September through the vineyards of the Médoc in the Gironde. It is considered "the longest Marathon in the world" because the race is interspersed with several ...

, setting a course record of 2:38:34 hours. This proved to be the last outing of her career, as she retired in 2000. Discussing the reasons for her retirement at her peak, she told sports journalist Pierre Morath is a 2008 television documentary ''Tu seras champion mon fils!'' that her father had pushed her to train as a young child at all costs. Her father continued as her coach into adulthood and she endured physical and sexual abuse by him. With her family reliant upon her athletics income, she felt unable to escape the situation but after her father emptied her bank accounts she fled to Lausanne, Switzerland to start a new life.Schlosse, Pierre-Alain (2008-04-15)
La reconstruction par le pardon
. ''24 Heures''. Retrieved on 2014-10-19.

Personal bests

– 8:49.98 min (1998) *

– 15:11.26 min (1998) *Five miles – 27:02.00 min (1998) *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

– 2:38:34 hrs (1999)

International competitions

References

External links

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List of career honours
{{DEFAULTSORT:Llado, Joalsiae Living people 1974 births French female long-distance runners French female marathon runners Sportspeople from Bordeaux French emigrants to Switzerland European Cross Country Championships winners