Louis Gilavert
French athlete (born 1998)
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Louis Gilavert (born 1 January 1998) is a French athlete specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[1]
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Louis Gilavert at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 1 January 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 3000m steeplechase |
He finished third in the junior race at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships behind winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[2] He also finished third and behind Ingebrigtsen at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships.
As part of the French team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo,[3] Gilavert finished twelfth in the third steeplechase heat.[4]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[5]
He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, where he qualified for the final of the men’s 1500 metres.[6][7] He ran a new personal best of 3:32.25 for that distance at the 2025 Meeting de Paris.[8]
In September 2025, he competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[9][10]
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:50.12 (Conflans-ste-Honorine 2024)
- 1500 metres – 3:32.25 (Paris 2025)
- Indoor – 2:37.26i (Metz 2023)
- 3000 metres – 7:49.74i (Metz 2021)
- 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:13.47 (Marseille 2024)
