Cassandre Beaugrand is the only female triathlete to have won a gold medal in the three major competitions, Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
13 Facts About Cassandre Beaugrand
From 2006 to 2011, Cassandre Beaugrand represented her hometown club Livry-Gargan Athletisme and since then has been trained by her father Ludovic Beaugrand.
In 2012 Beaugrand joined AS Monaco Athletisme and Saint-Raphael Triathlon, which she left in 2014 to represent Poissy Triathlon in the prestigious French Grand Prix de Triathlon circuit.
On 28 September 2014, Cassandre 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 Junior World Championships in Edmonton Cassandre Beaugrand won the silver medal.
In 2013 and 2014, Cassandre Beaugrand 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 Cassandre Beaugrand, still being in the youth category, won the silver medal in the Elite category.
Cassandre Beaugrand is the French 2013 and 2014 Youth Champion in cross country, and in 2013 and 2014 she set the new national records for 1500m in her age class.
Cassandre Beaugrand finished the 2018 Championship season in 3rd place and was 8th in 2021.
Cassandre 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, Cassandre Beaugrand set a Women's Run Record for Arena Games Triathlon racing on her way to victory at Arena Games Triathlon London 2022.
Cassandre Beaugrand credited her victory to the recent move to England, where she trains in Loughborough, helping her to get used to compete in the rain.