Gabriel Tual
French runner (born 1998)
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Gabriel Tual (born 9 April 1998) is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2]
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| Born | 9 April 1998[1] Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Us Talence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[3][4]
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.[5]
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 man and the second‑fastest European 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.[6]
At the 2024 Olympic Games, Tual finished sixth in the 800 metres final, with a time of 1:42.14.[7]
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)
