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Erica Bougard

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 7/26/1993
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Memphis, TN
  • High School: Byhalia High School
  • College: Mississippi State University

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Kris Mack
  • Agent: Karen Locke

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, ninth (Heptathlon)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, fifth (Pentathlon)
  • 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, 18th (Heptathlon)
  • 2015 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, DNF (Heptathlon)
  • 2013 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, 24th (Heptathlon)
  • 2012 IAAF World Junior (U20) Championships, 13th (Hepthatlon)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (Heptathlon)
  • 2019 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (Heptathlon)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (Heptathlon)
  • 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (Pentathlon)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (Heptathlon)
  • 2017 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (Long jump, Pentathlon)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, seventh (Heptathlon)
  • 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (Heptathlon)
  • 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, silver (Pentathlon)
  • 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships, fourth (Heptathlon)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (Heptathlon)
  • 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (Heptathlon)
  • 2014 USATF Indoor Championships, silver (Heptathlon)
  • 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, fourth (Heptathlon)
  • 2013 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (Heptathlon)
  • 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, DNF (Heptathlon)
  • 2012 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, gold (Heptathlon)
  • 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships, 10th (Pentathlon)
  • 2011 AAU Junior Olympics, gold (Heptathlon)
  • 2010 AAU Junior Olympics, gold (Heptathlon)

Personal

Daughter of Toya Norman and Eric Bougard…Member of the basketball team in high school…Was the first female MSU athlete named to the Bowerman Trophy Watch List during the 2015 outdoor season... Born Erica Marsha Bougard in Memphis, Tennessee...Daughter of Toya Norman and Eric Bougard...Erica’s aunt Karen Bougard ran cross country at Jackson State University...At Byhalia HS, posted a personal best long jump (20’2) and was a member of the basketball team...Bougard wore rainbow-colored spikes while competing in the heptathlon high jump at the 2019 World Championships in Doha...She is one of several publicly “out” athletes in the sport and is an active LGBTQ+ advocate.

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