Elise Vanderelst

Elise Vanderelst
	Vanderelst in 2020
Personal information
Born	27 January 1998 (age 28); Mons, Belgium
Sport
Sport	Women's athletics
Event	1500 metres
Coached by	Raymond Castiaux
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1500 m: 4:01.26 NR (Brussels, 2024); 5000 m: 14:40.70 (Brussels, 2025);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Belgium
European Indoor Championships
European Cross Country Championships
European U23 Championships

Elise Vanderelst (born 27 January 1998)^[1] is a Belgian middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal for the 1500 metres at the 2021 European Indoor Championships^[2]^[3] and a bronze medal at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in the Mixed relay with her teammates Vanessa Scaunet, Ruben Verheyden and Stijn Baeten.^[4]

Born27 January 1998 (age 28)

Mons, Belgium

SportWomen's athletics

Event

Coached byRaymond Castiaux

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Vanderelst has represented Belgium at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics in the 1500 m event.^[5]^[6]

She holds 5 Belgian national records in the 1000 metres, indoor & outdoor 1500m and indoor and outdoor Mile.

Vanderelst won 9 national titles indoor & outdoor 1500m indoor 800m and cross country.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	(sf)	800 m	2:17.03	^{[n 1]}
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	800 m	2:05.82	^{[n 2]}
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	7th	800 m	2:10.50
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	13th (h)	1500 m	4:10.30	^{[n 3]}
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	2nd	1500 m	4:23.50
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	1st	1500 m	4:18.44 i
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20th (sf)	1500 m	4:04.86
	European Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	3rd	Mixed relay	18:06
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	35th (h)	1500 m	4:10.45
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	17th (h)	1500 m	4:07.62
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	50th (h)	1500 m	4:11.55
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th (h)	1500 m	4:10.15
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	9th (h)	1500 m	4:11.03
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	16th (rep)	1500 m	4:08.86
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	15th (h)	1500 m	4:16.68
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	19th (h)	5000 m	15:00.52

Event	Time (sec)	Venue	Date	Notes
800 metres	2:01.68	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	2 July 2022
800 metres indoor	2:02.50	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	20 February 2021
1000 metres	2:35.98	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	3 July 2021	NR
1000 metres indoor	2:46.21 i	Ghent, Belgium	25 February 2017	NU20R
1500 metres	4:01.26	Brussels, Belgium	14 September 2024	NR
1500 metres indoor	4:05.71 i	Liévin, France	9 February 2021	NR
Mile Outdoor	4:26:09 i	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	2022	NR
Mile Indoor	4:29.31 i	Ostrava	2024	NR

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