Eliott Crestan

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Eliott Crestan (born 22 February 1999) is a Belgian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2] In this discipline, he won bronze medals at the 2018 World U20 Championships and the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. In 2024, he broke Ivo Van Damme's 800 metres national record that had stood for 48 years with a time of 1:42.43.[3] He participated in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-final stage in both.[4][5] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the men's 800 meters semifinals, Crestan ran the fastest non-final qualifying time in Olympic history of 1:43.72. In March 2025, he won a silver medal in the men's 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands having led the entire race from the front before being pipped at the line by Dutch athlete Samuel Chapple.[6] Two weeks later, he followed that up with a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[7] In early February 2026, at the Czech Indoor Gala leg of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Gold Tour Crestan set a new Belgian indoor record for the 800 metres moving himself up to fourth on the world short track all-time list with his time of 1:43.83.[8] Thanks to further wins on that tour in Liévin and Toruń, Crestan was the overall 800 metres winner of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Gold Tour.[9] In March 2026, he was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń in Poland [10] where, on 22 March, he won a silver medal in the men's 800 metres.[11]

Born (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 27)[1]
Namur, Belgium[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
SportAthletics
Event
800 metres
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Eliott Crestan
Eliott Crestan in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 27)[1]
Namur, Belgium[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
800 metres
ClubSambre-Meuse Athlétique Club
Coached byAndré Mahy
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Belgium
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Nanjing800 m
Silver medal – second place2026 Toruń800 m
Bronze medal – third place2024 Glasgow800 m
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Apeldoorn800 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Istanbul800 metres
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tampere800 m
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2015 Tbilisi800 m
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International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Belgium
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 800 m 1:54.02
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 7th 800 m 1:52.68
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 11th (sf) 800 m 1:49.58
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 800 m 1:47.27
European Championships Berlin, Germany 12th (h) 800 m 1:47.35
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 11th (sf) 800 m 1:48.12
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 13th (sf) 800 m 1:44.84
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th 800 m 1:46.78
World Championships Eugene, United States 24th (h) 800 m 1:46.61
European Championships Munich, Germany 8th 800 m 1:45.68
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 800 m 1:47.65
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 3rd 800 m 1:45.32
European Championships Rome, Italy 22nd (h) 800 m 1:46.48
Olympic Games Paris, France 9th (sf) 800 m 1:43.72
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, The Netherlands 2nd 800 m 1:44.92
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 2nd 800 m 1:44.81
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 14th (sf) 800 m 1:44.56
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 2nd 800 m 1:44.38
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