Antoine Senard (runner)

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Antoine Senard
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 25)
Esneux, Belgium
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle-distance running, Cross Country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:49.65 (Lokeren, 2024) 1500m: 3:36.07 (Ninove, 2024)
3000: 7:40.18 (Leuven, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg France
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Brussels Mixed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Antalya Mixed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Turin U23 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Dublin U23 team

Antoine Senard (born 2 February 2000) is a French middle-distance and cross country runner. He was a gold medal winner at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in the mixed relay, and won a silver medal at the same championships in the mixed relay in 2024. [1]

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Career

Originally from Esneux in Belgium. He is a member of Seraing Athletics club in Seraing, Wallonia, [2] and Entente Franconville in Val d'Oise in France. [3]

In 2021, he became French indoor champion over 3000 metres at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas. [4] He won a bronze medal in the men’s U23 team race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [5]

He was a silver medalist in the men’s U23 team race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy. [6]

In December 2023, he won a gold medal for France in the mixed cross country relay race at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium, alongside compatriots Bérénice Cleyet-Merle, Sarah Madeleine, and Alexis Miellet. [7]

He won a silver medal for the French mixed relay team at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [8] [9]

In February 2025, he finished in fourth place at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in the 3000 metres, in a time of 7:58.35. [10] On 2 March 2025, he won his first cross country national title in the French Cross Country Championships on the short course, in Challans, running a time of 12:52. [11] [3]

Personal life

He is the son of a French doctor and Belgian nurse, and has dual French and Belgian citizenship. [4]

References

  1. "Antoine Senard". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. Verschueren, Eric (30 November 2023). "Antoine Senard, the Belgian who will compete in the Euro cross-country with… France". dhnet.be. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Lebannier, Frederic (5 March 2025). "EFCVO athlete Antoine Senard, French cross-country champion". mesinfos. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 Verschueren, Eric (February 23, 2021). "Antoine Sénard from Esneutois is the French indoor 3000m champion". dhnet.be. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  5. "Europe de Cross à Dublin : une réussite pour les bretons". Bretagneathle. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  6. Davis, James (December 11, 2022). "European Cross Country Championships: U23 golds go to Hicks and Battocletti". Sports Gazette. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  7. Goursaud, Etienne (December 13, 2023). "ATHLETICS2023 European Cross-country Championships: France European champion in the mixed relay" . Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  8. "France seeking mixed relay defence in Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  9. "Italy regain mixed relay title in closest ever finish at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  10. "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  11. "Cross-country. Antoine Senard, en or sur le court du France : « j'arrivais sûr de mes armes »". Ouest-France. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.