Gabriel Tual
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Born | Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France | 9 April 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Us Talence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriel Tual (born 9 April 1998) is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[1]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, after making it through the 800m preliminaries running 1:45.63, Tual ran 1:44.28 in the semifinals on 1 August 2021. This qualified him to compete in the 800 metres final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 7th in 1:46.03.[2][3]
During the 2024 European Athletics Championships, on 9 June 2024, he became the European Champion in the 800 metres, becoming the first Frenchman to achieve this feat.[4]
Tual's personal best is 1:41.61, which he ran at the 2024 Meeting de Paris on 7 July to become the fifth fastest man over the distance. Ahead of Tual in this race was Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who ran 1:41.58, and Algeria's Djamel Sedjati, who ran 1:41.56.[5]
Personal bests[edit]
Outdoor
- 800 metres – 1:41.61 (Paris 2024) NR
- 1500 metres – 3:52.12 (Lormont 2019)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 1:47.54 (Miramas 2021)
- 1500 metres – 3:56.23 (Bordeaux 2018)
References[edit]
- ^ Gabriel Tual at World Athletics
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Men's 800m Results".
- ^ "Olympia - 800 metres, Men".
- ^ "Championnat d'Europe : Gabriel Tual en or sur 800 m". L’Equipe. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "800 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-08.