Jessica Cérival
# Jessica Cérival

Jessica Cérival (born 20 January 1982 in Quimper, Finistère) is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put.

She attended her first major competition in 2007, the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, and she finished seventh overall. She took part in the following edition in 2009 but was knocked out in the qualifying round.

In spite of this, 2009 turned out to be a significant progression for the athlete. She became the French national champion and went on to take the shot put gold at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, becoming the first French women in thirty years to take the title. She was selected for the French team at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and she finished eleventh.

She closed the year with a silver medal behind Anca Heltne at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie. She came fourth at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and was the silver medallist at the 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing outdoors. She represented France at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but did not progress beyond the qualifiers.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Representing France |||||
| 2001 | European Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 5th | 15.21 m |
| 2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 6th | 16.30 m |
| 2005 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Niamey, Niger | 1st | 16.32 m |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 7th | 16.51 m |
| 2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 5th | 16.75 m |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 10th (q) | 17.07 m |
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 1st | 17.77 m |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 20th (q) | 17.30 m |
| 2009 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Beirut, Lebanon | 2nd | 17.14 m |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 4th | 17.84 m |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 14th (q) | 16.47 m |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 17.20 m |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 8th | 16.84 m |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 24th (q) | 16.56 m |
