Bérénice Petit
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| Born | November 23, 1998 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||
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| Personal best | Pole vault: 4.54 m (2025) | |||||||||||
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Bérénice Petit (born 23 November 1998) is a French pole vaulter. She was a silver medalist at the Summer World University Games in 2023, and was runner-up at the French Athletics Championships in 2025.[1]
Biography
From Pithiverais, Loiret, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France, Petit took part in gymnastics before focussing solely on athletics.[2] She is a member of EC Orléans Cercle, and coached in pole vault by Agnès Livebardon.[3]
Petit was a silver medalist behind Angelica Moser of Switzerland in the pole vault at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games, held in Chengdu, China, in August 2023, sharing silver with compatriot Albane Dordain and Chen Qiaoling of China, with all three clearing 4.30 metres with identical records.[4][5]
In February 2025, at the All Star Perche competition at the Palais des Sports in Clermont-Ferrand, Petit set a new personal best of 4.38 metres, having received coaching advice from Ninon Chapelle.[6] In May 2025, Petit moved to second on the French year rankings with a personal best clearance of 4.50 metres in Blois.[7][8] She competed in the 2025 Diamond League event at the 2025 Meeting de Paris in June.[9] She increased her personal best to 4.54 metres in July in Thonon-les-Bains.[10][11] The following month, she was runner-up to Marie-Julie Bonnin at the French Athletics Championships in Talence.[12][2]
In December 2025 at Cercy-la-Tour, she cleared 4.51 metres.[13] Petit started 2026 with a win on count-back over Olivia McTaggart and Hanga Klekner with a height of 4.45 metres, at the CMCM Indoor Meeting in Luxembourg, a silver meeting on the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Tour on 18 January.[14][15] She placed third in the pole vault at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere, clearing 4.54 metres.[16]
References
- ^ "Berenice Petit,". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ a b "Athletics: Pole vaulter Bérénice Petit (EC Orléans - CJF) soars to 4.47m and wins the silver medal at the French Elite Championships". Larep.fr. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ Lahaix, Lydie (26 November 2025). "Loiret pole vaulter Bérénice Petit leaves for a training camp with the French team". Francebleu.fr. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Athletes compete at Chengdu Universiade". news.cn. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "They also shone this weekend: Guillemot in the all-time French top 5 in the 800m". Athle.fr. March 3, 2025. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Bérénice Petit en quête de sponsors". Larep.fr. 4 Jul 2025. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "New personal and Loiret record for pole vaulter Bérénice Petit, who has high ambitions: "I am capable of clearing 4.60m"". larep. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Results - Paris Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ "Meeting Bouvet-Bionda". World Athletics. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ Gaudin-Winer, Florian (July 15, 2025). "Weekend results: Bérénice Petit perched high". Athle.fr. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "French championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ Homo, Magalie (2 Jan 2026). ""I have a score to settle": Bérénice Petit hopes to participate in the next World Indoor Athletics Championships". Frenchbleu. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (18 Jan 2026). "English sets Irish indoor 800m record of 1:44.65 in Luxembourg". European Athletics. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting". World Athletics. 18 Jan 2026. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.