Eliott Crestan
Eliott Crestan is a Belgian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. In this discipline, 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. He participated in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-final stage in both. At Athletics at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|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.
In March 2025, he won a silver medal in the 2025 [European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|men's 800 metres] at the 2025 [European Athletics Indoor Championships] in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands having led the entire race from the front before being pipped at the line by Dutch athlete Samuel Chapple. Two weeks later, he followed that up with a silver medal in the 2025 [World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|800 metres] at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.
Personal bests
Outdoor- 400 metres – 46.79
- 600 metres - 1:14.47
- 800 metres – 1:42.43 NR
- 1500 metres – 3:46.44
- 400 metres – 47.58
- 600 metres - 1:14:92 ABP NBP
- 800 metres – 1:44.69
- 1500 metres – 3:46.44