Thierry Tonnelier (born 28 December 1959) is a retired

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middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who competed primarily in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since th ...

. He won the bronze medals at the 1983 European Indoor Championships and the 1986 European Indoor Championships He became French indoor champion in 1984 and 1985. His personal best time was 1:47.1 minutes, achieved in June 1982 in

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1959 births Living people French male middle-distance runners 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub