Julien Wanders

Julien Wanders (born 18 March 1996 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss long-distance runner.[1] He currently has 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.

Julien Wanders

Julien Wanders at the Berlin 10K in 2014
Personal information
Born	18 March 1996 Geneva, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	10 km, Half marathon
Team	NN Running Team
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000 m: 13:13.84 (Lausanne 2019) 10,000 m: 27:17.29 NR (Hengelo 2019) 10 km: 27:13 ER (Valencia 2020) Half marathon: 59:13 ER (Ras Al Khaimah 2019)

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

Competition record

Year	Competition	Location	Place	Event
2016	Corrida bulloise	Bulle	4th	Road race
	Course urbaine de Bâle	Bâle	3rd	Road race
	Course de l'Escalade	Geneva	4th	Road race
	Corrida de Houilles	Houilles	6th	10 kilometres
2017	Durban 10k	Durban	3rd	10 kilometres
	European Team Championships	Vaasa	2nd	5000 m
	Corrida bulloise	Bulle	1st	Road race
	Course urbaine de Bâle	Bâle	1st	Road race
	Course de l'Escalade	Geneva	1st	Road race
	Corrida de Houilles	Houilles	1st	10 kilometres
2018	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona	2nd	Half marathon	60:09
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Valencia	8th	Half marathon	61:03
	Durban 10k	Durban	2nd	10 kilometres	27:32
	Corrida bulloise	Bulle	1st	Road race
	Course urbaine de Bâle	Bâle	1st	Road race
	Course de l'Escalade	Geneva	1st	Road race
	Corrida de Houilles	Houilles	1st	10 kilometres	27:25
2019	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah	4th	Half marathon	59:13
	Monaco Run 5km Herculis	Monaco	1st	5 kilometres	13:29

Personal records

Personal records[3]

Event	Performance	Date	Place
800 metres	1:57.51	26 June 2013	Ambilly
1000 metres	2:36.15	4 May 2013	Lausanne
1500 metres	3:43.39	14 July 2018	Zofingen
3000 metres	7:43.62	9 July 2019	Luzern
5000 metres	13:13.84	5 July 2019	Lausanne
5 kilometres	13:29	17 February 2019	Monaco
10,000 metres	27:17.29	17 July 2019	Hengelo
10 kilometres	27:13 (AR)	12 January 2020	Valencia
Half marathon	59:13 (AR)	8 February 2019	Ras al Khaimah

References

1. "Wanders and Hassan set world 5km records in Monaco| News | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Julien Wanders (59:13) Shatters European Record; Stephen Kiprop (58:42) and Senbere Teferi (65:45) Win 2019 RAK Half
3. "Julien Wanders". all-athletics.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.. https://www.stadegeneve.ch/athle/athletes/item/wanders-julien

External links

• Julien Wanders official web site
• Julien Wanders at World Athletics
• Christof Gertsch: Der Kenianer. Porträt in: Das Magazin Nr. 33, 17. August 2019, S. 16–26.