Gabriel Tual

Gabriel Tual

Gabriel Tual, 2022
Personal information
Born	(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 26) Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres
Club	Us Talence
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  France Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships 1 0 0 Total 1 0 0 European Championships 2024 Rome 800 m

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]

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:41.61 (Paris 2024) NR
• 1500 metres – 3:52.12 (Lormont 2019)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 1:47.54 (Miramas 2021)
• 1500 metres – 3:56.23 (Bordeaux 2018)

References

1. "TUAL Gabriel | Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. Gabriel Tual at World Athletics
3. "Tokyo 2020 Men's 800m Results".
4. "Olympia - 800 metres, Men".
5. "Championnat d'Europe : Gabriel Tual en or sur 800 m". L’Equipe. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
6. "800 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
7. "800 Metres Result | The XXXIII Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-08-10.