[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":284},["ShallowReactive",2],{"player-en-kimberley-bousch":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"achievements":6,"affiliate":12,"birthPlace":13,"birthYear":13,"body":14,"boules":13,"boulesModel":13,"club":70,"description":250,"extension":251,"faq":252,"flag":265,"fullName":50,"height":13,"image":266,"lastUpdated":267,"meta":268,"nationality":269,"navigation":12,"nickname":13,"path":270,"role":80,"seo":271,"socialLinks":13,"stem":272,"tags":273,"worldTitles":282,"__hash__":283},"players\u002Fplayers\u002Fen\u002Fkimberley-bousch.md","Kimberley Bousch - France's 2026 Junior World Precision Shooting Champion | Player Profile",[7,8,9,10,11],"World champion, U18 Mixed Precision Shooting, 2026 World Youth Championship (Santa Susanna, Spain), with Dawson Herlemann - beat Thailand 28-10 in the final","Silver medalist, U18 Mixed Triples, 2026 World Youth Championship - lost the final to Thailand 13-0","Silver medalist, junior women's precision shooting, 2026 French Junior Championships, behind Roxane Croquefer","Silver medalist, junior triplettes, 2026 French Junior Championships, with Lois Villaret and Adel Meziri-Volkmann","Doubles winner, 2025 Nationaux Féminin de Palavas-les-Flots (senior women's national tournament)",true,null,{"type":15,"value":16,"toc":239},"minimark",[17,22,91,95,123,127,151,155,169,187,191,194,198,232,236],[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"kimberley-bousch-quick-facts","Kimberley Bousch - Quick Facts",[23,24,25,36],"table",{},[26,27,28],"thead",{},[29,30,31,34],"tr",{},[32,33],"th",{},[32,35],{},[37,38,39,51,61,71,81],"tbody",{},[29,40,41,48],{},[42,43,44],"td",{},[45,46,47],"strong",{},"Full name",[42,49,50],{},"Kimberley Bousch",[29,52,53,58],{},[42,54,55],{},[45,56,57],{},"Represents",[42,59,60],{},"Vaulx-en-Velin, Rhône, France",[29,62,63,68],{},[42,64,65],{},[45,66,67],{},"Club",[42,69,70],{},"ASPVV (Association Sportive Pétanque Vaulx-en-Velin)",[29,72,73,78],{},[42,74,75],{},[45,76,77],{},"Role",[42,79,80],{},"Shooter",[29,82,83,88],{},[42,84,85],{},[45,86,87],{},"Signature result",[42,89,90],{},"Gold, Mixed Precision Shooting, 2026 World Youth Championship",[18,92,94],{"id":93},"a-junior-world-champion-from-vaulx-en-velin","A Junior World Champion from Vaulx-en-Velin",[96,97,98,99,106,107,110,111,114,115,118,119,122],"p",{},"Kimberley Bousch is the French junior petanque player who, partnering ",[45,100,101],{},[102,103,105],"a",{"href":104},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fdawson-herlemann","Dawson Herlemann",", won the ",[45,108,109],{},"Mixed Precision Shooting"," gold medal at the ",[45,112,113],{},"2026 FIPJP World Youth Championship"," in Santa Susanna, Spain. The pair beat Monaco 29-22 in the quarter-final and Belgium 19-15 in the semi-final before defeating Thailand 28-10 in the final on 1 August 2026, dominating the third workshop 9-1 on their way to the title. She plays for ",[45,116,117],{},"ASPVV"," (Association Sportive Pétanque Vaulx-en-Velin), a club in the Rhône region under the ",[45,120,121],{},"Comité du Rhône - Métropole de Lyon",", where local coverage described her as one of the season's breakout junior players.",[18,124,126],{"id":125},"a-second-medal-in-triples","A Second Medal in Triples",[96,128,129,130,133,134,137,138,141,142,146,147,150],{},"Precision shooting was not Bousch's only event at Santa Susanna. She was also part of France's ",[45,131,132],{},"Mixed Triples"," squad alongside ",[45,135,136],{},"Roxane Croquefer",", ",[45,139,140],{},"Sacha Jacquet",", and Herlemann, which reached the final after beating Madagascar's Harison Clarito Andriambelonony, Nomena Ramamonjisoa, and Avotiana Eliot Raberanto 13-11 in an 18-end semi-final - see our ",[102,143,145],{"href":144},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-world-youth-championship-2026-preview","2026 World Youth Championship results"," for the full recap. France's final against Thailand went the other way, however: a 13-0 defeat that left the squad with silver. In ",[45,148,149],{},"Mixed Doubles",", Bousch and Herlemann were eliminated in the quarter-final, losing 13-9 to Thailand after briefly closing the gap in the closing ends.",[18,152,154],{"id":153},"strong-results-on-the-french-junior-circuit","Strong Results on the French Junior Circuit",[96,156,157,158,160,161,164,165,168],{},"Bousch's world title built on a strong 2026 French Junior Championships campaign. She won silver in the junior women's individual precision shooting event, finishing runner-up to ",[45,159,136],{}," - her own Mixed Triples teammate at the World Youth Championship a few weeks later - in a field of 32 competitors. She also took silver in junior triplettes, partnering ",[45,162,163],{},"Lois Villaret"," and ",[45,166,167],{},"Adel Meziri-Volkmann"," to the final.",[96,170,171,172,175,176,137,179,182,183,186],{},"Even before that, in 2025, Bousch had already shown she could compete above her age group: she won the doubles title at the ",[45,173,174],{},"Nationaux Féminin de Palavas-les-Flots",", a national tournament for senior women, while still a junior. At club level, she has featured alongside senior ASPVV teammates ",[45,177,178],{},"Kévin Malbec",[45,180,181],{},"Romain Fournié",", and ",[45,184,185],{},"Kévin Prud'homme"," in French Cup (Coupe de France) competition, where she was singled out as one of the squad's key contributors in its run through the tournament.",[18,188,190],{"id":189},"playing-style","Playing Style",[96,192,193],{},"Bousch's results skew heavily toward precision shooting - both her world title and her national junior silver came in that discipline - suggesting a shooter's game built on accuracy under pressure rather than a pointer's touch. Her triplette and doubles results with the French junior squad show she is also a capable all-around teammate outside the shooting circle.",[18,195,197],{"id":196},"achievements-and-honors","Achievements and Honors",[199,200,201,208,214,220,226],"ul",{},[202,203,204,207],"li",{},[45,205,206],{},"World champion, U18 Mixed Precision Shooting"," (Santa Susanna, Spain, 2026), with Dawson Herlemann",[202,209,210,213],{},[45,211,212],{},"Silver medalist, U18 Mixed Triples"," (Santa Susanna, Spain, 2026)",[202,215,216,219],{},[45,217,218],{},"Silver medalist, junior women's precision shooting"," (2026 French Junior Championships), behind Roxane Croquefer",[202,221,222,225],{},[45,223,224],{},"Silver medalist, junior triplettes"," (2026 French Junior Championships), with Lois Villaret and Adel Meziri-Volkmann",[202,227,228,231],{},[45,229,230],{},"Doubles winner, Nationaux Féminin de Palavas-les-Flots"," (2025 edition, senior women's tournament)",[18,233,235],{"id":234},"legacy","Legacy",[96,237,238],{},"Still a junior, Kimberley Bousch already holds a world title and a senior-level national tournament win - a combination that points to a player capable of stepping up levels ahead of schedule. Her precision shooting partnership with Dawson Herlemann delivered France's only gold medal at the 2026 World Youth Championship, and with both players still eligible for future junior competition, it is a pairing likely to be tested again on the international stage.",{"title":240,"searchDepth":241,"depth":241,"links":242},"",2,[243,244,245,246,247,248,249],{"id":20,"depth":241,"text":21},{"id":93,"depth":241,"text":94},{"id":125,"depth":241,"text":126},{"id":153,"depth":241,"text":154},{"id":189,"depth":241,"text":190},{"id":196,"depth":241,"text":197},{"id":234,"depth":241,"text":235},"Kimberley Bousch profile: the French junior player who won mixed precision shooting gold with Dawson Herlemann at the 2026 World Youth Championship, beating Thailand 28-10 in the final.","md",[253,256,259,262],{"question":254,"answer":255},"Who is Kimberley Bousch?","Kimberley Bousch is a French junior petanque player from the ASPVV club in Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon. In 2026 she won the U18 Mixed Precision Shooting world title alongside Dawson Herlemann at the FIPJP World Youth Championship in Santa Susanna, Spain, and also won silver in Mixed Triples with the same French squad.",{"question":257,"answer":258},"What did Kimberley Bousch win at the 2026 World Youth Championship?","Partnering Dawson Herlemann, she won the Mixed Precision Shooting world title, beating Monaco 29-22 in the quarter-final, Belgium 19-15 in the semi-final, and Thailand 28-10 in the final on 1 August 2026 at Santa Susanna, Spain. She was also part of France's Mixed Triples squad, alongside Roxane Croquefer, Sacha Jacquet, and Herlemann, which reached the final before losing 13-0 to Thailand for silver. In Mixed Doubles, she and Herlemann were eliminated in the quarter-final, losing 13-9 to Thailand.",{"question":260,"answer":261},"What other results has Kimberley Bousch had in petanque?","At the 2026 French Junior Championships, she won silver in junior women's precision shooting, finishing runner-up to Roxane Croquefer, and silver in junior triplettes with Lois Villaret and Adel Meziri-Volkmann. In 2025, while still a junior, she won the doubles title at the Nationaux Féminin de Palavas-les-Flots, a senior women's national tournament.",{"question":263,"answer":264},"What club does Kimberley Bousch play for?","She plays for ASPVV (Association Sportive Pétanque Vaulx-en-Velin) in the Rhône region, under the Comité du Rhône - Métropole de Lyon. She has also played alongside senior club teammates Kévin Malbec, Romain Fournié, and Kévin Prud'homme in French Cup club competition.","🇫🇷","\u002Fimages\u002Fplayers\u002Fkimberley-bousch.png","2026-09-13",{},"France","\u002Fplayers\u002Fen\u002Fkimberley-bousch",{"title":5,"description":250},"players\u002Fen\u002Fkimberley-bousch",[274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281],"kimberley bousch","france petanque","world youth championship 2026","petanque precision shooting world champion","aspvv vaulx-en-velin","santa susanna 2026","junior petanque world champion","dawson herlemann partner",1,"OWCxq8jReiXx86-yaX_3IyDEKImSpmSd5wdK4kRHrhI",1790080186579]