 Gabriel Tual, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 April 1998 Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Gabriel Tual (born 9 April 1998) is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. [2]
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]
