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Erica

Bougard

Olympian 2020

Erica Bougard

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Erica Bougard running

Age

31

Hometown

Byhalia, TN

Education

Mississippi State University

Personal
Daughter of Toya Norman and Eric Bougard...Played basketball in high school...First female MSU athlete named to the Bowerman Trophy Watch List during the 2015 outdoor season...Aunt Karen Bougard ran cross country at Jackson State University...Wore rainbow-colored spikes while competing in the heptathlon high jump at the 2019 World Championships in Doha...Active LGBTQ+ advocate.

Most recent: 2018 – 5th (pentathlon) Years of Participation: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 Top finish: 5th – 2018 (pentathalon)

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USA Track and Field

Olympic Experience
  • 1-time Olympian;
    • Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 9th (Heptathlon - Women)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2019 – 4th (Heptathlon - Women)
  • Years of participation: Heptathlon - Women 2015, 2017, 2019; Pentathlon (Indoor) - Women 2018
  • Top finish: – 2015 (Heptathlon - Women)

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