Romain Mornet
French athlete (born 1997)
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Romain Mornet (born 8 November 1997) is a French middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
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| Born | 8 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
Mornet was a bronze medalist in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin alongside Charlotte Mouchet, Azeddine Habz and Anaïs Bourgoin.[2]
In 2023, at the Montesson meeting he ran a 3:34.29 personal best over 1500 metres and was selected to represent France at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia.[3]
He won the French national indoor title at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas in February 2024.[4] He ran for France at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in the mixed relay in Belgrade in March 2024, and alongside Nicolas-Marie Daru, Flavie Renouard and Mouchet placed sixth overall.[5]
In June 2024, he became French Athletics Championships title winner over 1500 metres.[6] He was also a finalist in that distance at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, placing eleventh overall.[7][8]
Mornet qualified for the final of the 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[9] He ran a personal best of 3:31.62 for the 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting de Paris.[10] In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[11][12]
Mornet was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026, running the 1500 metres in 3:41.68 without advancing to the final.[13][14] In May, he was runner-up to Darragh McElhinney in the 1500 metres at the Trond Mohn Games in Bergen, running 3:38.27.[15]
Personal life
Based in Laval, Mayenne, he works as a supply teacher in P.E. when not racing.[7]