Julien Wanders (born 18 March 1996) is a Swiss long-distance runner. He currently holds the European record for the

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with a time of 59:13,Julien Wanders (59:13) Shatters European Record; Stephen Kiprop (58:42) and Senbere Teferi (65:45) Win 2019 RAK Half
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in 2019 and the European record for the

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, with a time of 27:13 set in

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on January 12, 2020. Wanders spends about half the year training in

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, and the other half training in Europe.

Competition record

Personal records

References

External links

Official website
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'' Nr. 33, 17. August 2019, S. 16–26. 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Geneva Swiss male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Switzerland 20th-century Swiss people 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub