Ruben Querinjean

Ruben Querinjean

Personal information
Born	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1500m: 3:34.92 (Liege, 2025) 3000m s'chase: 8:09.47 (Brussels, 2025) NR Road: 10km: 28:25 (Lille, 2025) NR
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Luxembourg Summer World University Games 2025 Bochum 3000 m s'chase

Ruben Querinjean (born 22 December 2001) is a Luxembourger middle-distance runner who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase in which he is the national record holder and 2025 University Games champion. That year, he became the first Luxembourg athlete to win a Diamond League event. ^[1]

Career

In 2024, he set a new Luxembourg national record for the 3000 metres steeplechase at an international meeting in Liège, Belgium. In July of that year at the Luxembourg Athletics Championships he lowered the Luxembourg record again with a time of 8:18.82. ^[2] He subsequently competed for Luxembourg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in the 3000 metres steeplechase, where he placed ninth in his heat with a time of 8:27.97. ^{[3] [4]}

He placed third in Hulshout at the Belgian Cross Country Championships in November 2024. ^[5] In March 2025, he set a new Luxembourg national record in the 10km road race in Lille, France, running 28:25. ^[6]

In June 2025, in Turku, Finland, he broke his own national record in the 3000 metres steeplechase with a time of 8:14.33, taking more than four seconds from his previous personal best and securing the minimum automatic standard for the upcoming World Championships. ^[7] The following month, he won the gold medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in a games record 8:18.47. ^{[8] [9]}

On 22 August 2025, he secured his first Diamond League victory on debut at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium and set a new national record for the 3000 metres steeplechase with a time of 8:09:47. ^[10] It was the first victory by an athlete from Luxembourg at a Diamond League event. ^[11]

Personal life

Querinjean has a Master's degree in physiotherapy and rehabilitation from the University of Liège in Belgium. ^[12] He has dual citizenship with Belgium. ^[5]

Personal Bests

Results ^[3]

Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
800m	1:49.12	Sportcentrum Osbroek, Aalst	14 August 2022
1500m	3.39.02	Stadion De Veen, Heusden-Zolder	2 July 2022
3000m	7:53.60	Hal 5, Leuven	6 August 2022
3000m Short Track	8:49.90	Complexe Sportif de Blocry, Louvain-La-Neuve	25 January 2020
5000 Metres	15:31.29	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	18 September 2022
2000 Metres Steeplechase	5:27.74	Schönbuchstadion, Pliezhausen	5 May 2024
3000 Metres Steeplechase	8:09.47	Brussels, Belgium	22 August 2025	NR
10 Kilometres Road	28:25	Lille	16 March 2025	NR

References

1. "Ruben QUERINJEAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
2. "Ruben Querinjean leeft neie Lëtzebuerger Rekord". Rtl.lu. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
3. "European Athletics". www.european-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
4. Pritchard, Heledd (24 July 2024). "Who will represent Luxembourg at the Paris 2024 Olympics?". luxtimes.lu. Luxembourg Times. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
5. "Isaac Kimeli and Jana Van Lent crowned Belgian cross country champions". Brussels Times. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
6. "Semi-Marathon International de Lille - 5km et 10km". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
7. "Ruben Querinjean qualifies for world championships with national steeplechase record". Today.rtl.lu. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
8. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025.
9. "Ruben Querinjean is a university world champion!". Virgule.lu. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
10. "Luxembourg's Querinjean stuns Diamond League with 3000m steeplechase victory". Today.rtl.lu. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
11. "Ruben Querinjean Claims Historic Diamond League Win with National Record in Brussels". Chronicle.lu. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
12. "QUERINJEAN Ruben". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.