| Birth date | 22 February 1999 (age 27)[1] |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Namur, Belgium[1] |
| Height | 1.82 m[1] |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800 metres |
| Club | Sambre-Meuse Athlétique Club |
Eliott Crestan (born 22 February 1999) is a Belgian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2] 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.[3] He participated in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-final stage in both.[4][5] At 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 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.[6] Two weeks later, he followed that up with a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[7] In early February 2026, at the Czech Indoor Gala leg of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Gold Tour Crestan set a new Belgian indoor record for the 800 metres moving himself up to fourth on the world short track all-time list with his time of 1:43.83.[8] Thanks to further wins on that tour in Liévin and Toruń, Crestan was the overall 800 metres winner of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Gold Tour.[9] In March 2026, he was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń in Poland [10] where, on 22 March, he won a silver medal in the men's 800 metres.[11]
International competitions
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 400 metres – 46.79 (Cergy-Pontoise 2024)
- 600 metres - 1:14.47 (Liège)
- 800 metres – 1:42.43 NR (Paris 2024)
- 1500 metres – 3:46.44 (Louvain-la-Neuve 2020)
Indoor
- 400 metres – 47.58 (Louvain-la-Neuve 2023)
- 600 metres - 1:14:92 ABP NBP (Louvain-La-Neuve 2025) [12]
- 800 metres – 1:43.83 (Ostrava 2026)
- 1500 metres – 3:46.44 (Louvain-La-Neuve 2020)
References
- ^ "CRESTAN Eliott". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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- ^ "Eliott Crestan verpulvert Belgisch record van Ivo van Damme op de 800 meter: "Nooit in mijn leven verwacht"" (in Dutch). Sporza. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "JO Tokyo 2020 : Eliott Crestan éliminé en 1/2 du 800m malgré un record personnel" (in french). RTBF. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ "JO 2024 : pas de finale pour Eliott Crestan sur 800m" (in french). Le Soir. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (Mar 9, 2025). "Five gold medals! Super Sunday as Dutch close Apeldoorn 2025 with glorious finale". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ Majendie, Matt (23 Mar 2025). "Hoey holds his nerve to take 800m gold in Nanjing". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "History repeats as Crestan and Molnar headline record spree in Ostrava". World Athletics. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ "Charlton, Crestan and Dosso close World Indoor Tour Gold in style in Toruń". World Athletics. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ^ "La Belgique avec une équipe ambitieuse aux Championnats du Monde en salle en Pologne". lbfa.be. Mar 10, 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Teenager Lutkenhaus makes history with world indoor 800m win in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ^ "All Time Lists | European Athletics". www.european-athletics.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.