Gabriel Tual

{{short description|French runner (born 1998)}}

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| name = Gabriel Tual

| image = 2022-08-19 European Championships 2022 – Men's 800 Metres by Sandro Halank–043.jpg

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| caption = Gabriel Tual, 2022

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France

| height = 1.82 m{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/gabriel-tual_1911966 |title=TUAL Gabriel {{!}} Paris 2024 |website=olympics.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}

| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 metres

| club = Us Talence

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{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Rome|800 m}}

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Gabriel Tual (born 9 April 1998) is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.{{iaaf name|14646018}}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, after making it through the 800m preliminaries running 1:45.63, Tual ran 1:44.28 in the semifinals on 1 August 2021. This qualified him to compete in the 800 metres final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 7th in 1:46.03.{{Cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 Men's 800m Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/athletics/men-s-800m}}{{Cite web |title=Olympia - 800 metres, Men |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/19000408}}

During the 2024 European Athletics Championships, on 9 June 2024, he became the European Champion in the 800 metres, becoming the first Frenchman to achieve this feat. {{cite web |title=Championnat d'Europe : Gabriel Tual en or sur 800 m |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Championnat-d-europe-gabriel-tual-en-or-sur-800-m/1473672 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=L’Equipe}}

Tual's personal best is 1:41.61, which he achieved at the 2024 Meeting de Paris on 7 July, which places him as the sixth{{nbh}}fastest man and the second{{nbh}}fastest European in the two lap race. Ahead of Tual in this race was Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who ran 1:41.58, and Algeria's Djamel Sedjati, who ran 1:41.56.{{Cite web |title=800 Metres - men - senior - all |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/800-metres/all/men/senior |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=worldathletics.org}}

At the 2024 Olympic Games, Tual finished sixth in the 800 metres final, with a time of 1:42.14.{{Cite web |title=800 Metres Result {{!}} The XXXIII Olympic Games |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2024/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/men/800-metres/final/result |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=worldathletics.org |language=en}}