Antoine Senard (runner)
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 2000 Esneux, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross Country running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:49.65 (Lokeren, 2024) 1500m: 3:36.07 (Ninove, 2024) 3000: 7:40.18 (Leuven, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antoine Senard (born 2 February 2000) is a French middle-distance and cross country runner. He was a gold medal winner at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in the mixed relay, and won a silver medal at the same championships in the mixed relay in 2024.[1]
Career
Originally from Esneux in Belgium. He is a member of Seraing Athletics club in Seraing, Wallonia,[2] and Entente Franconville in Val d'Oise in France.[3]
In 2021, he became French indoor champion over 3000 metres at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas.[4] He won a bronze medal in the men’s U23 team race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin.[5]
He was a silver medalist in the men’s U23 team race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy.[6]
In December 2023, he won a gold medal for France in the mixed cross country relay race at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium, alongside compatriots Bérénice Cleyet-Merle, Sarah Madeleine, and Alexis Miellet.[7]
He won a silver medal for the French mixed relay team at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[8][9]
In February 2025, he finished in fourth place at the French Indoor Athletics Championships in the 3000 metres, in a time of 7:58.35.[10] On 2 March 2025, he won his first cross country national title in the French Cross Country Championships on the short course, in Challans, running a time of 12:52.[11][3]
Personal life
He is the son of a French doctor and Belgian nurse, and has dual French and Belgian citizenship.[4]
References
- ^ "Antoine Senard". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ Verschueren, Eric (30 November 2023). "Antoine Senard, the Belgian who will compete in the Euro cross-country with… France". dhnet.be. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b Lebannier, Frederic (5 March 2025). "EFCVO athlete Antoine Senard, French cross-country champion". mesinfos. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b Verschueren, Eric (February 23, 2021). "Antoine Sénard from Esneutois is the French indoor 3000m champion". dhnet.be. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Europe de Cross à Dublin : une réussite pour les bretons". Bretagneathle. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ Davis, James (December 11, 2022). "European Cross Country Championships: U23 golds go to Hicks and Battocletti". Sports Gazette. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ Goursaud, Etienne (December 13, 2023). "ATHLETICS2023 European Cross-country Championships: France European champion in the mixed relay". Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "France seeking mixed relay defence in Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Italy regain mixed relay title in closest ever finish at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Cross-country. Antoine Senard, en or sur le court du France : « j'arrivais sûr de mes armes »". Ouest-France. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.