Jessica Cérival

{{Short description|French shot putter (born 1982)}}

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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Pescara|Shot put}}

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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.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=FRA/athcode=193870/index.html Cérival Jessica]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-01.

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.Sampaolo, Diego (2009-07-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH09/news/kind=100/newsid=51446.html High Jump and Discus Throw provide best results - Mediterranean Games, Day 2]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-02. 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.Vazel, P-J (2009-10-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54538.html El Ghazaly heads double success for Egypt - Francophone Games, Day 1]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-03. 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.