Personal information | |
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Born | 21 October 1988 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Cross-country running, 3000m Steeplechase |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 3000m s'chase: 8:16.36 (Chorzow, 2024) |
Nicolas-Marie Daru (born 21 October 1988) is a French runner. In 2024, he became French national cross country champion, and also won the 3000m steeplechase at the French Athletics Championships. [1]
He won the 2024 French Cross Country Championships. [4]
He qualified for the final and finished sixth overall at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in the 3000m steeplechase. [5] [6] He then won the 2024 French Athletics Championships in June 2024 in that discipline. [3]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [7] [8]
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