Gabriel Tual
Gabriel Tual is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.
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 Athletics at the [2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres final] at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 7th in 1:46.03.
During the 2024 [European Athletics Championships], on 9 June 2024, he became the European Champion in the 2024 [European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|800 metres], becoming the first Frenchman to achieve this feat.
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 sixthfastest man and the secondfastest 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.
At the 2024 Olympic Games, Tual finished sixth in the Athletics at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres] final, with a time of 1:42.14.
Personal bests
Outdoor- 800 metres – 1:41.61
- 1500 metres – 3:52.12
- 800 metres – 1:47.54
- 1500 metres – 3:56.23