Eliott Crestan

Eliott Crestan
Eliott Crestan in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 25)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
ClubSambre-Meuse Athlétique Club
Coached byAndré Mahy
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Belgium
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Glasgow 800 metres
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Istanbul 800 metres
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere 800 m
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tbilisi 800 m

Eliott Crestan (born 22 February 1999) is a Belgian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2] In this disciplone, he won bronze medals at the 2018 World U20 Championships and the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. In 2024, he broke Ivo Van Damme's 800 metres national record that had stood for 48 years with a time of 1:42.43.[3] He participated in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-final stage in both.[4][5] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the men's 800 meters semifinals, Crestan ran the fastest non-final qualifying time in Olympic history of 1:43.72.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Belgium
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 800 m 1:54.02
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 7th 800 m 1:52.68
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 11th (sf) 800 m 1:49.58
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 800 m 1:47.27
European Championships Berlin, Germany 12th (h) 800 m 1:47.35
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 11th (sf) 800 m 1:48.12
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 13th (sf) 800 m 1:44.84
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th 800 m 1:46.78
World Championships Eugene, United States 24th (h) 800 m 1:46.61
European Championships Munich, Germany 8th 800 m 1:45.68
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 800 m 1:47.65
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 3rd 800 m 1:45.32
European Championships Rome, Italy 22nd (h) 800 m 1:46.48
Olympic Games Paris, France 5th (sf) 800 m 1:43.72

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ^ "CRESTAN Eliott | Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ Eliott Crestan at World Athletics
  3. ^ "Eliott Crestan verpulvert Belgisch record van Ivo van Damme op de 800 meter: "Nooit in mijn leven verwacht"". Sporza (in Dutch). 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  4. ^ "JO Tokyo 2020 : Eliott Crestan éliminé en 1/2 du 800m malgré un record personnel". RTBF (in French). 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  5. ^ "JO 2024 : pas de finale pour Eliott Crestan sur 800m". Le Soir (in French). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-14.


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