Gabriel Tual
French runner (born 1998)
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| Born | (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 26) Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Us Talence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 achieved at the 2024 Meeting de Paris on 7 July, which places him as the sixth fastest athlete in history in the two lap race. 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]
At the 2024 Olympic Games, Tual finished sixth in the 800 metres final, with a time of 1:42.14.[6]
Personal bests
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "800 Metres Result | The XXXIII Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's 800 metres
- 1934:
Miklós Szabó (HUN) - 1938:
Rudolf Harbig (GER) - 1946:
Rune Gustafsson (SWE) - 1950:
John Parlett (GBR) - 1954:
Lajos Szentgáli (HUN) - 1958: Mike Rawson (GBR)
- 1962:
Manfred Matuschewski (GDR) - 1966: Manfred Matuschewski (GDR)
- 1969: Dieter Fromm (GDR)
- 1971:
Yevhen Arzhanov (URS) - 1974:
Luciano Sušanj (YUG) - 1978: Olaf Beyer (GDR)
- 1982:
Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG) - 1986: Sebastian Coe (GBR)
- 1990: Tom McKean (GBR)
- 1994:
Andrea Benvenuti (ITA) - 1998: Nils Schumann (GER)
- 2002:
Wilson Kipketer (DEN) - 2006:
Bram Som (NED) - 2010:
Marcin Lewandowski (POL) - 2012:
Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) - 2014: Adam Kszczot (POL)
- 2016: Adam Kszczot (POL)
- 2018: Adam Kszczot (POL)
- 2022:
Mariano García (ESP) - 2024:
Gabriel Tual (FRA)
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