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With several WTCS podiums to her name, French triathlete L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault is still chasing that top spot\u2026 and a place at her home Olympics. Let’s meet the Parisian powerhouse\u2026 <\/p>

By Nige Tassell\n \t\t<\/p>

2023-07-21 07:04:55<\/p>

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Multiple mixed team world champion and Olympic medallist, France\u2019s L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault is a highly consistent and versatile athlete capable of making the headlines both individually and in relay squads. Here\u2019s her career to date\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Born and raised on the southern outskirts of Paris, L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault entered her first triathlon at the age of eight. Since then, she\u2019s been unerringly committed to the sport, specifically the accumulation of titles.<\/p>\n

And she\u2019s achieved her goal on plenty of occasions; along with European crowns and Olympic bronze, the woman from Velizy is also a double world champ.<\/p>\n

The majority of P\u00e9riault\u2019s most glorious days have come while in the company of her team-mates in the French mixed relay team. To say this is not, as it might appear, to damn P\u00e9riault with faint praise.<\/p>\n

Such is the calibre of France\u2019s elite triathletes, with many a world-class athlete left on the sidelines without being selected, that to achieve a regular berth in such a high-performing squad is no mean feat.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9riault has certainly earned the European and world titles \u2013 not to mention an Olympic bronze \u2013 that she\u2019s accumulated alongside her compatriots.<\/p>\n

But there have been plenty of notable individual performances over the years, including three WTCS silvers gained in Edmonton<\/strong><\/a>, Yokohama<\/strong><\/a> and, earlier this year, Montreal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arguably, though, P\u00e9riault\u2019s highest-profile and most noteworthy individual performance found her outside the medals. Her fifth place at the Tokyo Olympics<\/strong><\/a> in 2021 shone some deserved limelight her way.<\/p>\n

But she\u2019ll be hoping for a medal around her neck when the Olympics stop off just a few miles from her childhood home in 2024.<\/p>\n

How old is L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault was born on 31 July 1994, making her 29 years old.<\/p>\n

L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault runs home in fifth place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. (Credit: Wagner Araujo\/World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

May 2013: A first national title<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After several appearances on the junior podium at European Cup races over the last few seasons, P\u00e9riault claims the top spot as her own with victory on home turf in Vierzon.<\/p>\n

She follows this three weeks later with the French national junior title, holding off the challenge of the precocious Cassandre Beaugrand<\/strong><\/a>, three years her junior.<\/p>\n

September 2013: Bronze in the elite nationals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A few months later, the now 19-year-old P\u00e9riault takes bronze in the women\u2019s elite race at the French national championships in Nice.<\/p>\n

June 2014: A European silver for the trophy cabinet<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the U23 European Championships in the Russian city of Penza, P\u00e9riault comes home second, pipped to the title by local favourite Elena Danilova.<\/p>\n

June 2016: A maiden elite victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After some consistently high finishes over the previous 12 months, P\u00e9riault claims her first elite-level European Cup triumph, winning in the Dutch town of Weert. Will more victories come? Have the floodgates been pushed wide open?<\/p>\n

September 2016: P\u00e9riault earns a maiden European title<\/strong><\/h3>\n

P\u00e9riault travels across the border to Banyoles in north-east Spain for the ETU Triathlon Clubs European Championships where, alongside her colleagues from the Poissy Triathlon club, she takes gold in the mixed relay.<\/p>\n

August 2017: A first WTCS top 1o\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After a series of top-10 finishes at U23, European Cup and World Cup level, P\u00e9riault makes a maiden appearance in the upper echelons of an elite WTCS race when she comes home sixth in Stockholm<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

June 2018: \u2026and now a top five<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault exits T1 at WTCS Leeds 2018, where she would finish fifth, her best placing to date. (Credit: Janos Schmidt\/World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

P\u00e9riault\u2019s first top-five WTCS placing comes in Leeds<\/strong><\/a> where the Dutch athlete Rachel Klamer pips her for fourth place. Nonetheless, plenty of big guns \u2013 among them Jess Learmonth<\/strong><\/a> and Taylor Spivey<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 have been silenced by the Frenchwoman.<\/p>\n

July 2018: On top of the world<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L-R: Vincent Luis, Dorian Coninx, Cassandre Beaugrand and L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault celebrate winning the 2018 Mixed Team Relay World Champs in Hamburg. (Credit: Janos Schmidt\/World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In Hamburg<\/strong><\/a>, P\u00e9riault forms one quarter of the formidable French mixed relay team which reduces the rest of the world championship field to also-rans.<\/p>\n

She and the rest of the squad add the European title the following month with victory in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

September 2020: A second world title<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The French mixed relay squad, with P\u00e9riault on the first leg, are champions of the world again in Hamburg<\/strong><\/a>, fighting off the fierce challenge of the talent-laden quartets of both the US and Britain.<\/p>\n

June 2021: European individual bronze<\/strong><\/h3>\n

P\u00e9riault claims the bronze at the European sprint championships in Kitzb\u00fchel, forcing the veteran Nicola Spirig<\/strong><\/a> out of the medals.<\/p>\n

July 2021: A much-valued Olympic medal in Tokyo<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L-R: The US (silver), GB (gold) and French (bronze) teams pose with their medals after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Mixed Team Relay. (Credit: Wagner Araujo\/World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

P\u00e9riault registers what is surely her greatest individual result when, a little surprisingly, she finishes fifth in Tokyo behind Flora Duffy<\/strong><\/a>, Georgia Taylor-Brown<\/strong><\/a>, Katie Zaferes<\/strong><\/a> and Rachel Klamer.<\/p>\n

Klamer cruelly denies P\u00e9riault fourth place when she overtakes her on the blue carpet.<\/p>\n

An Olympic medal is forthcoming four days later in the mixed relay when the otherwise all-conquering French quartet take bronze<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

August 2021: A long-awaiting first step onto a WTCS podium<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L-R: L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault (silver), Taylor Knibb (gold) and Flora Duffy (bronze) on the podium of the 2021 WTCS Edmonton Grand Finals. (Credit: Wagner Araujo\/World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

At the series\u2019 Grand Final in Edmonton \u2013 and with Taylor Knibb<\/strong><\/a> enjoying a comfortable lead \u2013 P\u00e9riault pulls away from the chasing pack to claim second ahead of Duffy, whose bronze secures her a third world title.<\/p>\n

May 2022: A second second\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault mixes it up with the best in the world at the 2022 Yokohama WTCS race. (Credit: World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In her next WTCS race, in Yokohama, she takes another silver, this time behind Taylor-Brown and, incredibly, ahead of Duffy.<\/p>\n

September 2022: World Cup glory in the Czech Republic<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the World Cup race in Karlovy Vary (see main image), the fastest run split of the day secures P\u00e9riault a rare winning result \u2013 and the seldom-seen view from the top of the podium.<\/p>\n

June 2023: Another WTCS silver<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault wins her third career WTCS silver, at the 2023 Montreal round. (Credit: World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Consolidating her reputation for consistency, P\u00e9riault takes her third career WTCS silver, this time in Montreal. That elusive first win in the series goes wanting again, though, with the Frenchwoman outsprinted by Britain\u2019s Beth Potter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault in quotes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On her WCTS silver in Montreal, 2023, after a difficult start to the season:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m just so happy and reassured. I turned my crocodile tears into tears of joy. There are still many things to work on, especially collaborating on the bike instead of suffering at the back of the peloton. And working on my England to one day do an interview without panicking\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

On taking Olympic bronze in Tokyo on her 27th birthday as part of the French mixed relay squad:<\/strong> \u201cThanks to all my team-mates for this wonderful birthday gift!\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for L\u00e9onie P\u00e9riault?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As is the case with every elite Olympic-distance triathlete from France, P\u00e9riault\u2019s focus has to be on Paris 2024, especially following her top-five finish in Tokyo two years ago. Before then, a confidence-boosting maiden WTCS win wouldn\u2019t go amiss.<\/p>\n

Top image credit: <\/strong>World\u00a0Triathlon<\/p>\n

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