Julien Wanders Explained

Julien Wanders
Birth Date:18 March 1996
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland
Country:Switzerland
Sport:Track and field
Event:10 km, Half marathon
Club:Stade Genève
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Julien Wanders (born 18 March 1996) is a Swiss long-distance runner.[1] He currently holds the European record for the half marathon with a time of 59:13,[2] which was set at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 2019 and the European record for the 10K run, with a time of 27:13 set in Valencia on January 12, 2020.

Wanders spends about half the year training in Iten, Kenya, and the other half training in Europe.

Competition record

Year!scope="col"
CompetitionLocationPlaceEventTime
2016Corrida bulloiseBulle4thRoad race
Course urbaine de BâleBâle3rdRoad race
Course de l'EscaladeGeneva4thRoad race
Corrida de HouillesHouilles6th10 kilometres
2017Durban 10kDurban3rd10 kilometres
European Team ChampionshipsVaasa2nd5000 m
Corrida bulloiseBullealign=center bgcolor="gold"1stRoad race
Course urbaine de BâleBâlealign=center bgcolor="gold"1stRoad race
Course de l'EscaladeGenevaalign=center bgcolor="gold"1stRoad race
Corrida de HouillesHouillesalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st10 kilometres
2018Barcelona Half MarathonBarcelona2ndHalf marathon60:09
IAAF World Half Marathon ChampionshipsValencia8thHalf marathon61:03
Durban 10kDurban2nd10 kilometres27:32
Corrida bulloiseBullealign=center bgcolor="gold"1stRoad race
Course urbaine de BâleBâlealign=center bgcolor="gold"1stRoad race
Course de l'EscaladeGenevaalign=center bgcolor="gold"1stRoad race
Corrida de HouillesHouillesalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st10 kilometres27:25
2019Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonRas Al Khaimah4thHalf marathon59:13
Monaco Run 5 km HerculisMonacoalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st5 kilometres13:29
European Athletics Team ChampionshipsBydgoszcz2nd5000 metres13:45.31
World Athletics ChampionshipsDoha24th5000 metres13:38.95
DNF10,000 metresDNF
European Cross Country ChampionshipsLisboa3rd10 km30:25
2020World Athletics Half Marathon ChampionshipsGdynia21stHalf marathon1:00:46
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo21st10,000 metres28:55.29
European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin63rd10 km33:13

Personal records

Personal records[3]
scope=colEventscope=colPerformancescope=colDatescope=colPlace
800 metres1:51.5724 AUG 2019 Basel
1000 metres2:36.154 May 2013Lausanne
1500 metres3:39.303 AUG 2019 Bern
3000 metres7:43.629 July 2019Luzern
5000 metres13:13.845 July 2019Lausanne
13:29 17 February 2019 Monaco
27:17.2917 July 2019Hengelo
27:13 (AR)12 January 2020Valencia
Half marathon59:13 (AR)8 February 2019Ras al Khaimah
Marathon2:11:52 3 APR 2022Paris

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wanders and Hassan set world 5km records in Monaco. iaaf.org. 2019-10-13.
  2. http://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/02/julien-wanders-5913-shatters-european-record-stephen-kiprop-5842-and-senbere-teferi-6545-win-2019-rak-half/ Julien Wanders (59:13) Shatters European Record; Stephen Kiprop (58:42) and Senbere Teferi (65:45) Win 2019 RAK Half
  3. Web site: Julien Wanders. all-athletics.com. 4 January 2017. 4 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192653/http://www.all-athletics.com/fr/athlete/660682. dead. .

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