Ophélie Claude-Boxberger

Ophélie Claude-Boxberger
Claude-Boxberger in 2013
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born18 October 1988 (1988-10-18) (age 36)
Montbéliard
Years active2010s
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Event(s)800m, 1500m, 3000m steeplechase
ClubMontbéliard Belfort Athlétisme[1]
Coached byLaurent Fleury[2]

Ophélie Claude-Boxberger, born 18 October 1988 at Montbéliard is a French athlete running for club Belfort Montbeliard Athletics. A specialist in the middle-distance races, she won 4 French Under 23s national championship titles in the 800 m and the 1,500 m and ran internationally twice for France before becoming champion of France Indoors in the 1,500 m and outdoors champion in the 3000m steeplechase.

She is the daughter of the distance runner: Jacky Boxberger.[1]

Biography

She started athletics in September 2001 after practicing several sports: Dance, horseback riding, tennis, climbing and gymnastics nationally. Among the best French youngsters at 1,000 m (3:03), she focused more on her studies which caused a slow progression in her running. In 2007, she met Laurent Fleury, during a training camp, who became her coach. She had strong progress in 2008 which enabled her to win her first cap for France for an international meet in the 800 m at Lingolsheim.

After spending her early career running the 800 m and having a semi-finalist placing at the 2009 Under 23s European Athletics Championships at kaunas, she changed tack in 2014 deciding to go for longer distances, allowing her to obtain her first French Indoor athletic championship with a record of 4:13.23 in the 1,500 m, at the international meeting of Karlsruhe,[3] just missing out on qualification for the World Indoor Championships. In 2015, she won the title of champion of France for the 3000m steeplechase and became the fourth fastest French runner in history running 9:35.56 at the Ninove meeting on 1 August.

After earning a bachelor of science with honors in 2006, she became professor of physical education after successfully gaining a CAPEPS[1] and a masters in language and speech in 2010 at the University of Besançon.

She was tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) during a test carried out on 28 September 2019, just before the world athletics championships in Doha where she revealed her affair with the doctor of the French team, Jean -Michel Serra.

Prize list

National

Date Competition Location Result Event Temps
2012 France Indoor Championships Aubière 2nd 800 m 2:08.76
2013 France Indoor Championships Aubière 3rd 800 m 2:05.90
2013 France Championships Paris-Charléty 2nd 800m 2:06.64
2014 France Indoor Championships Bordeaux 1st 1,500 m 4:23.71
2015 France Championships Villeneuve-d'Ascq 1st 3,000 m steeplechase 9:59.86
2015 France Championships Villeneuve-d'Ascq 2nd 1500m 4:21.81

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c "Athlétisme : Ophélie Claude-Boxberger sur les traces de son père". France Bleu Belfort-Montbéliard (in French). 24 January 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015..
  2. ^ "Laurent Fleury : difficile mais pas impossible…". lesinfosdusport.com (in French). 6 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015..
  3. ^ "Championnats de France Elite : Ophélie Claude-Boxberger domine aisément le 1 500 mètres". VO2 Run (in French). 22 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015..


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