Paul Anselmini
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| Born | 2 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:44.73 (Rome, 2024) 1500m: 3:35.46 (Leuven, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Paul Anselmini (born 2 August 2003) is a French middle-distance runner. In 2025, he became French U23 record holder and won the French Indoor Athletics Championships over 1500 metres.[1]
Career
[edit]He placed eighth overall in the 800 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Kenya.[2] He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, in the men's 800 metres, finishing behind Great Britain’s Ethan Hussey and his compatriot and gold medal winner Yanis Meziane.[3][4]
He is a member of the Entente Franconville Césame Val-d'Oise (EFCVO) athletics club in Val-d'Oise. He was a member of an Adidas team which beat the French Ekiden record (a six-runner team marathon) by one second at the Maïf Ekiden in Paris, with Anselmini completing the fifth leg. The record, which had stood since 1996, was surpassed by their combined time of 2:04:40. The team also included Yann Schrub, Benjamin Choquert, Pierre Kardous, Hassan Chahdi and Valentin Gondouin.[5]
He competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in the men's 800 metres, where he qualified for the semi-final and ran a personal best of 1:44.73.[6]
In January 2025, he set a new indoor personal best for the 800 metres, running a time of 1:47.09 at the Meeting de Nantes Metropole, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze event, in Nantes, France.[7]
He became French indoor champion in the 1500 metres at the 2025 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Miramas.[8] At that venue in 2025, he set a French indoor U23 record time of 3:36.74 for the 1500 metres.[9] He later lowered that mark to 3:36.72 racing in Lyon in February 2025.[10]
He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, where he qualified for the final of the 1500 metres, placing eighth overall.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paul Anselmini". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "800 metres men". World Athletics. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Presentation of the favourites for the 2024 French Elite Indoor Championships in Mirimas". stadion-actu.fr. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Canu, Joseph (15 November 2022). "Ekiden. Paul Anselmini, from Franconville, French record holder". actu.fr. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "2024 European Championships in Rome: an optimistic assessment for the Blues less than 2 months before the Games". The Running Collective. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Meziane and Liberman provide a French double in the 800m in Nantes". European Athletics. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "The Results of the 2025 Miramas Meeting: High-flying indoor performances". The Running Collective. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Lyon indoor meeting: Paul Anselmini, Aurel Manga, Sarah Madelaine put on a show". Stadio-actu.fr. 15 Feb 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "LA SÉLECTION FRANÇAISE". athle.fr. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
- ^ "Men's 1500m Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
