| Stefan Iulius Gavril | |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Brasov, Romania |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 10 km, Half marathon |
| Team: | Nice Côte d'Azur Athlétisme |
Ștefan Iulius Gavril (born 17 July 1989 in Brașov) is a Romanian distance runner who competes over distances from 800 metres to the half marathon.
Gavril was a Romanian national record holder in two events: the 5K run and 10K run road race.[1]
He is an athlete of Nice Côte d'Azur Athletisme.[2]
In 2003, he moved with his family to Italy and start with kickboxing and martial arts. In 2011, he won the BestFighter World Cup (KickBoxing) but in the following years he found a passion for running. In 2013, he ran his first competition in Turin. After 6 months he moved again, to Umeå, and began training consistently. He studied Political Science and International Relationships at Umeå University while there. He was a member of IFK Umeå between 2013 and 2014.[3] [4]
Afterwards, he moved to run for Nice Côte d'Azur Athletisme. From 2016 and on he made an improvement every performance,[5] peaking in December 2019, where he run the new Romanian national record for the 10K run. He followed that feat in February 2020 with another national record; racing in Monaco he recorded an official time of 14:06 for the 5K run.[6] [7]
He represented his country at the 2020 Balkan Half Marathon Championships in Zagreb. In this competition, he finished in fourth place with a new personal best.
In 2022, Stefan has been selected for the European Cross Country Championships in Turin.
He won many events[8] [9] [10] around Europe[11] [12] [13] in those events including a top ten finish in the Valencia 10K.[14] He duplicated the feat at the Monaco 5K,[15] an extremely fast competition where the winner established the new world record. He is the winner of 2019 Fort-de-France Half Marathon.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
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| 2017 | Balkan Championships | Novi Pazar, Serbia | 6th | 1500 m | 3:56.93 | |
| 4th | 3000 m | 8:34.15 | ||||
| 2018 | Balkan Cross Country Championships | Botosani, Romania | 5th | XC 10 km | 30:12 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team | ||||
| 2019 | European 10,000m Cup | London, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10,000 m | 29:33.44 |
| 2020 | Balkan Half Marathon Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 4th | Half marathon | 1:07:11 | |
| 2021 | Balkan Half Marathon Championships | Bitola, Macedonia | 6th | Half marathon | 1h07:47 | |
| 2022 | European Cross Country Championships | Turin, Italy | 65th | XC 9.572 km | 32:42 | |
| 2023 | Balkan Half Marathon Championships | Bitola, Macedonia | 3th | Half marathon | 1:07:42 |