Thomas Gogois
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Anael-Thomas Gogois |
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 24 June 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Triple jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Triple jump: 17.38m (Rome, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Thomas Gogois (born 24 June 2000) is a French triple jumper. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Championships in Rome and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[1]
Career
He is a member of Amiens UC Athletics having joined the club at the age of six years-old. He started out as a sprinter but from the age of 15 years-old began to specialise in the triple jump.[2][3] He has been trained by Alain Doré in Amiens since he was 15 years old, apart from one season spent at the National Institute of Sport and Performance (INSEP) in Paris.[4][5]
He was a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, with a best jump of 16.65 metres.[6][7]
By 2022, he had become a professional athlete.[8] He finished in second place at the 2022 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas in February 2022. He went into the event with a personal best of 16.57 metres, but increased it to 16.63 metres on the day.[9][10]
He jumped a personal best of 16.87m in Forbach in May 2024.[11] He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a personal best jump of 17.38m, the first time he had jumped over 17 metres.[12][13][14] He competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics where he jumped 16.77 metres but did not progress to the final, missing out on a qualifying mark by 2 centimetres.[15]
He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, where he placed fourth overall in the triple jump final with a best jump of 16.51 metres.[16][17] He finished third in the 2025 Diamond League event at the 2025 Meeting de Paris in June 2025.[18]
Personal life
References
- ^ "Thomas Gogois". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "MEDIA EDUCATION – THOMAS GOGOIS: "THE BEAUTY OF GESTURE"". Gazettesports. March 6, 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "ATHLETICS: BETWEEN LOCALS AND BIG NAMES, THE MEETING DES 3 SAUTS IS POPULAR". reportersincredules.fr. 6 Feb 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Amiens triple jumper Thomas Gogois would like to "soar like an eagle" over the Paris Olympic Games". Francebleu.fr. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024. Athletics. Thomas Gogois (Amiens UC): "I want to be proud of myself"". Courrier-picard. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "European U23 Championships". World Athletics. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Thomas Gogois (Amiens UC): plus haut, plus loin en 2022". Courrier-picard. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "ATHLETICS – Thomas Gogois: "We must move on to the next stage"". Gazette Sports. June 7, 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "ATHLETICS: The AUC in search of the national coronation". Gazettesports.fr. February 24, 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Athletics: personal best and European minimums for Thomas Gogois (Amiens UC)". Courrier-picard. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Diaz soars to European gold with third best triple jump of all time". Channelnewsasia. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Thomas Gogois: "I was nobody before tonight"". ski-nordique.net. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Men's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
- ^ "Men's Triple Jump Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Results - Paris Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ "Athletics: Thomas Gogois (Amiens UC) qualified for the triple jump final at the European Championships". Courrier-picard. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.