{{short description|French discus thrower}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Pauline Pousse | image = | imagesize = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Longjumeau, France | height = 1.84 m | weight = 84 kg | sport = Athletics | event = Discus throw | education = | club = Athlé 91<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=p/athlete=129776-pousse-pauline/index.html EAA profile]</ref> | coach = Patrick Malliet | medaltemplates = }} '''Pauline Pousse''' (born 17 September 1987) is a French athlete specialising in the discus throw.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> She won the bronze medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Her personal best in the event is 62.68 metres set in Angers in 2016.
Five times Vice Champion of France from 2010 to 2015 (excepting 2011), Pauline Pousse improved in 2016 where she advanced her personal best almost 3 metres, throwing 62.68m in the 2016 French national championships where she qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics and for the European Championships at Amsterdam.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|language=fr|title=Championnats de France - Disque : Mélina Robert-Michon a résisté à Pauline Pousse|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Disque-melina-robert-michon-a-resiste-a-pauline-pousse/699167|accessdate=25 June 2016}}</ref>
On 10 July 2016, she placed 8th at the European Championships at Amsterdam with a throw of 59.62m.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Competitions - European Athletics Championships - European Athletics|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/history/year=2016/results/index.html#Discus%20WomenFinal|website=european-athletics|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |- |2009 |European U23 Championships |Kaunas, Lithuania |10th |Discus throw |48.90 m |- |rowspan=2|2013 |Mediterranean Games |Mersin, Turkey |4th |Discus throw |53.37 m |- |Jeux de la Francophonie |Nice, France |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Discus throw |53.07 m |- |rowspan=2|2016 |European Championships |Amsterdam, Netherlands |8th |Discus throw |59.62 m |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |13th (q) |Discus throw |58.98 m |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pousse, Pauline}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:French women discus throwers Category:Sportspeople from Longjumeau Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for France Category:Athletes from Île-de-France Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Category:Mediterranean Games competitors for France Category:21st-century French sportswomen {{France-discus-bio-stub}}