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1500m - 5000m

Régis Thibert (BEL)

Quick facts

Date of birth: 26.01.2004Hometown: Herve, Belgium.Student at Université de Liège.

Personal bests

800m: 1'49.221500m: 3'41.34 (2024)3000m: 8'06.36 (2023)5000m: 14'02.94 (2024)

Career HIGHLIGHT

2021: Belgian champion U18 1500m.
2021: 3th fastest time over 1500m in the European U18 ranking.
2022: World Championship U20 participant in Cali (1500m).

2023: European cross country championships in Brussels (U20) – 38th.

Background

Régis started athletics in 2014 doing all disciplines. He was good at middle distance and high jump, but probably had more of a future in high jump. At the age of 16 he achieved 1m95 and won the Belgian youth championships in high jump (= championship record), only 3 cm away from the Belgian youth record.
The following year Régis decided to devote himself 100% to middle distance running because he thought he was too small to do high jumping. 3 years later he selected for his first world championship U20 over 1500m in Cali, Colombia. During these 3 years he approached within 2 seconds the Belgian U18 1500m record.

What a talent!!