Anas Chaoudar

Anas Lagtiy Chaoudar

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 22) Spain
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running, Cross Country running
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  FRA European Cross Country Championships 2025 Lagoa U23 team

Anas Lagtiy Chaoudar (born 17 January 2004) is a middle-distance and cross country runner. Born in Spain, he represents France at international level having naturalised citizenship from 2024. He was a silver medalist in the U23 team race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships. He is the French U23 record holder over 1500 metres both outdoors and indoors. ^[1]

Biography

Chaouadar was born in Spain to Moroccan parents on January 17, 2004. Based in Strasbourg, he is a member of ASPTT Strasbourg and coached by Jean-Marc Ducret. On 16 March 2024 he was officially finally naturalised as a French citizen. ^{[2] [3]}

In July 2024, Lagity-Chaoudar placed finished runner-up to Paul Anselmini in the 1500 metres at the French Athletics U23 Championships in Albi. ^[4]

In his first Diamond League meeting at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome, he improved his personal best to 3:31.58 for 1500 metres to break the long-standing French under-23 1500m record, a record held for a quarter of a century by Mehdi Baala. ^{[5] [6]} In June 2025, Chaoudar also competed for France over 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, placing eighth overall. ^[7] The following month, he placed fourth over 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. ^{[8] [9]}

Chaoudar won the silver medal in the team competition representing France in the U23 race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal alongside Aurélien Radja and Pierre Boudy. ^{[10] [11]}

In January 2026, he set a new French under-23 record in the 1500 metre indoors whilst winning the Elite Indoor Miramas Meeting, a World Athletics Indoor Tour silver meeting in Miramas, running in 3:36.64 to surpass the Paul Anselmini held record set the year previously, by eight hundredths of a second and win ahead of Samuel Chapple of the Netherlands. ^{[12] [2]}

References

1. "Anas Lagtiy Chaoudar". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
2. "Anas Lagtiy-Chaouadar from Strasbourg sets a new French junior record in the 1500m!". dna.fr. 30 Jan 2026. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
3. "Anas Lagtiy-Chaoudar has found his place here". dna.fr. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
4. "Firsts for Anas Lagtiy-Chaoudar and Quentin Mehr at the French Cadet-Junior-U23 Championships in Albi". Lalsace.fr. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
5. "European Cross Country Championships Lagoa 2025 Preview". Watch Athletics. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
6. "Athletics: Strasbourg native Anas Lagtiy-Chaoudar follows in the footsteps of Mehdi Baala". Francfbleu.fr. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
7. "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
8. "European U23 Championships: Strasbourg's Anas Lagtiy-Chaoudar just misses the podium in the 1500m". dna.fr. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
9. Broadbent, Chris (19 Jul 2025). "Training partners Laros and Nillessen land Dutch distance double in Bergen". European Athletics. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
10. "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 Dec 2025. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
11. Sauer, Remy (14 Dec 2025). "European Championships: Anas Lagtiy-Chaoudar secures silver for the French juniors". dna.fr. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
12. Trapnell, Jasmine (30 Jan 2026). "Upsets galore as Dumas and Lagtiy Chaoudar surprise in Miramas". European Athletics. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.