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| Born | 26 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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 10 km 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] Hw finished tenth in the World Championship final on 15 September 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. [12]
Querinjean has a Master's degree in physiotherapy and rehabilitation from the University of Liège in Belgium. [13] He has dual citizenship with Belgium. [5]
| Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 800 m | 1:49.12 | Sportcentrum Osbroek, Aalst | 14 August 2022 | |
| 1500 m | 3.39.02 | Stadion De Veen, Heusden-Zolder | 2 July 2022 | |
| 3000 m | 7:53.60 | Hal 5, Leuven | 6 August 2022 | |
| 3000 m Short Track | 8:49.90 | Complexe Sportif de Blocry, Louvain-La-Neuve | 25 January 2020 | |
| 5000 m | 15:31.29 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg | 18 September 2022 | |
| 2000 m Steeplechase | 5:27.74 | Schönbuchstadion, Pliezhausen | 5 May 2024 | |
| 3000 m Steeplechase | 8:09.47 | Brussels, Belgium | 22 August 2025 | NR |
| 10 Kilometres Road | 28:25 | Lille | 16 March 2025 | NR |
World University Games champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase | |
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