Cassandre Beaugrand
Cassandre Beaugrand is a French triathlete. She is the only female triathlete to have won a gold medal in the three major competitions, Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
Early life
From 2006 to 2011, Cassandre Beaugrand represented her hometown club Livry-Gargan Athlétisme and since then has been trained by her father Ludovic Beaugrand.Triathlon career
In 2012 Beaugrand joined AS Monaco Athlétisme and Saint-Raphaël Triathlon, which she left in 2014 to represent Poissy Triathlon in the prestigious French Grand Prix de Triathlon circuit. On 28 September 2014, Beaugrand took part in the Grande Finale of the Club Championship Circuit in Nice and won both the individual and the club ranking, at the same time this race served as the Elite French Championship.Since 2012, Cassandre Beaugrand has taken part in ITU competitions.
At the age of 15, she placed second at the European Championships in Aguilas in the Team Relay Youth category. In 2013, she won the silver medal at the French Championships in the junior category although she was still in the first year of the youth category, and at the European Championships in Holten she won the gold medal in the Team Relay Youth category.
In 2014, she won her first individual gold medal at the Junior European Cup event in Quarteira and at the European Junior Championships in Kitzbuhel she placed third. At the Junior World Championships in Edmonton Beaugrand won the silver medal.
In 2013 and 2014, Beaugrand also took part in ITU Elite races although she still belonged to the Youth category: at the French Championships on 29 September 2013 she placed fourth and at the European Sprint Cup in Bratislava she won the silver medal.
At the Mixed Relay World Championships in Hamburg Beaugrand, still being in the youth category, also won the silver medal in the Elite category.
In the French media, in June 2014 Beaugrand was hailed as France's new hope for national and international triathlon events, but Beaugrand was already internationally known from 2013 on when she won the 1500m race at the EYOF on 17 July 2013 in Utrecht.
Beaugrand is also the French 2013 and 2014 Youth Champion in cross country, and in 2013 and 2014 she also set the new national records for 1500m in her age class.
On 27 October 2014 Beaugrand also set a new youth record on the 10 km distance '' in Saint-Denis.
Beaugrand also competes in Super League Triathlon. She finished the 2018 Championship season in 3rd place and was 8th in 2021.
On 31 July 2021, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Triathlon at the [2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed relay|mixed relay event]. Beaugrand won the first Super League Triathlon Championship Series event of the 2022 Season in London, where she finished ahead of Taylor Spivey and Georgia Taylor Brown, however was eliminated from the second event, after struggling with unfavourable conditions on the bike.
On 23 April 2022, Beaugrand set a Women's Run Record for Arena Games Triathlon racing on her way to victory at Arena Games Triathlon London 2022.
In August 2022, she won the gold medal at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships in the mixed relay event.
Beaugrand has set good times in swimming. For a 200-meter swim, her record is 2'07"25.
On 31 July 2024 she won the gold medal in the Triathlon at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's|individual event] at the 2024 Olympic Games, which took place in her home city of Paris with the swimming taking place in the River Seine. She credited her victory to the recent move to England, where she trains in Loughborough, helping her to get used to compete in the rain.
On 20 October 2024, she won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2024 [World Triathlon Championship Series|2024 World Championships].
Personal life
Beaugrand lives in Antibes where she was coached by her father and in 2014/15 was attending the local Lycée Audiberti.The local swimming club CN Antibes served as her training base.
Results
Triathlon
The table shows the most significant podium results achieved on the national and international triathlon circuits since 2014.| Year | Competition | Country | Position | Time |
| 2025 | WTCS Fréjus | |||
| 2025 | WTCS Hamburg | |||
| 2025 | WTCS Alghero | |||
| 2025 | Triathlon World Cup – Super-sprint Indoor Liévin | |||
| 2024 | World Championship – Overall Ranking | 4,000 points | ||
| 2024 | WTCS Torremolinos | |||
| 2024 | WTCS Hamburg | |||
| 2024 | Paris Olympic Games | |||
| 2024 | WTCS Cagliari | |||
| 2024 | European Cup – Quarteira | |||
| 2023 | World Championship – Overall Ranking | 4,410 points | ||
| 2023 | WTCS Pontevedra | |||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2023 | WTCS Sunderland | |||
| 2023 | World Sprint Championship | |||
| 2023 | European Cup – Quarteira | |||
| 2022 | WTCS Montreal | |||
| 2022 | WTCS Leeds | |||
| 2022 | European Cup – Sprint Melilla | |||
| 2021 | European Cup – Sprint Melilla | |||
| 2019 | WTS Hamburg | |||
| 2018 | 2018 European Triathlon Championships | |||
| 2018 | WTS Hamburg | |||
| 2018 | French Championship – Short Distance | |||
| 2017 | French Championship – Short Distance | |||
| 2016 | European Sprint Championship | |||
| 2015 | French Championship – Short Distance | |||
| 2014 | French Championship – Short Distance | |||
| 2014 | European Cup – Bratislava |
| Year | Competition | Country | Position | Time |
| 2025 | WTCS Hamburg | |||
| 2023 | WTCS Sunderland | |||
| 2022 | European Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | |||
| 2022 | WTS Montreal | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Mixed Relay | |||
| 2020 | WTS Hamburg | |||
| 2020 | European Clubs Championship | |||
| 2019 | WTS Hamburg | |||
| 2019 | WTS Tokyo | |||
| 2019 | European Clubs Championship | |||
| 2018 | European Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | |||
| 2018 | WTS Hamburg | |||
| 2018 | WTS Nottingham | |||
| 2018 | French Mixed Relay Championship | |||
| 2018 | European Clubs Championship | |||
| 2017 | European Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | |||
| 2016 | European Clubs Championship | |||
| 2014 | 2014 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships |
| Year | Wins | Stages |
| 2021 | 2 | Dunkerque, Châteauroux |
| 2019 | 3 | Dunkerque, La Baule, Muret |
| 2018 | 1 | Paris |
| 2017 | 3 | Dunkerque, Quiberon, Valence |
| 2014 | 1 | Nice |
| Total | 10 | 8 different cities |
| Year | Wins | Stages |
| 2025 | – | in Supertri E |
| 2024 | 1 | Neom + overall ranking + in Supertri E |
| 2023 | 2 | Malibu, Neom |
| 2022 | 1 | London |
| 2019 | 1 | Jersey |
| 2018 | 1 | Jersey + overall ranking |
| Total | 6 | - |
Athletics Records
| Date | Location | Competition | Distance | Position | Record | Time | Previous Holder |
 United Statesdate|19|August|1977|in sportsdate|31|December|2016|in sportsAwards and honours; Orders |