Former 800m World Champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse Hangs 'Em Up

He had a great run and lasted 6 years after his world championship.

People got to retire sooner or later, so not bad

I remember being so happy when this guy won worlds in 2017 after narrowly missing the podium in Rio. The 800 is a brutal event and it is tough to come back from set backs especially once you reach a certain age. Must have been a really tough decision for him to hang them up, I am sure he would've loved to wrap up his career at the Olympics in his home country.

A great champion with a great career! What stands out most to me was the way he rebounded from fading out of the medals in 2016 to becoming world champion in 2017. I’ve kept my eye on him in recent years and noted that he was in Tokyo and thought there was chance he’d push for Paris but this seems like a good time to call it. He’ll always be Champion du Monde! Bon chance Pierre!

Bosse had some incredible consistency for awhile making 3 WC Finals and one OG Final in a 4 year span while earning a 1:42.5 PB. His world champion title in 2017 was well deserved.

It's disappointing but not unexpected the last half his career he was struggling to maintain elite status. 800m specialist have the shortest lifespan of any professional T&F athlete. But Bosse certainly didn't waste his peak. I hope he can reflect happily on his career.

I had dinner and drinks with him back in 2014ish, weird/funny circumstances. I think it was his first time in the states? When him and his manager saw our big-ass bar burgers their eyes lit up and they were like, "What do you call that thing?!" Everyone at the table ordered beers except him and his manager—they ordered vodka on the rocks. Tried a sip of all of our fancy American beers, stuck his tongue out, and said we needed to drink real drinks.

You gotta love this guy. After the world championship he talked about buying his friend a beer who was stood up on a date. That's the beer he referenced.

I was really hoping he'd make it back.

He never recovered from the street assault in the Gironde where sustained "multiple facial fractures"

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World 800m champion Bosse ‘brutally assaulted’

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Best post race interview ever :)

December... LOL the good old injury excuse while being investigated for missing too many tests.

I remember once he was being interviewed after a race and someone handed him a cat (I guess he has multiple cats).

I read that at a press conference someone asked him- what was up with that cat?

His response was- women love cats.

Whether that's true or not, I want it to be. I got a cat after that. ; )