Julien Wanders (born 18 March 1996) is a Swiss long-distance runner. From 2019 to 2025, he held the European record for the half marathon 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 which was set at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.
Wanders spends about half the year training in Iten, Kenya, and the other half training in Europe.
Competition record +YearCompetitionLocationPlaceEventTime2016Corrida bulloiseBulle 4th Road raceCourse urbaine de BâleBâle3rd Road raceCourse de l'EscaladeGeneva4th Road raceCorrida de HouillesHouilles6th 10 kilometres2017Durban 10kDurban3rd 10 kilometresEuropean Team ChampionshipsVaasa 2nd 5000 mCorrida bulloiseBulle1st Road raceCourse urbaine de BâleBâle1st Road raceCourse de l'EscaladeGeneva1st Road raceCorrida de HouillesHouilles1st 10 kilometres2018Barcelona Half MarathonBarcelona 2nd Half marathon60:09IAAF World Half Marathon ChampionshipsValencia8th Half marathon61:03Durban 10kDurban 2nd 10 kilometres27:32Corrida bulloiseBulle1st Road raceCourse urbaine de BâleBâle1st Road raceCourse de l'EscaladeGeneva1st Road raceCorrida de HouillesHouilles1st 10 kilometres27:252019Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonRas Al Khaimah 4th Half marathon59:13Monaco Run 5 km HerculisMonaco1st 5 kilometres13:29European Athletics Team ChampionshipsBydgoszcz 2nd 5000 metres13:45.31World Athletics ChampionshipsDoha 24th 5000 metres13:38.95 DNF 10,000 metresDNFEuropean Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon 3rd 10 km30:252020World Athletics Half Marathon ChampionshipsGdynia 21st Half marathon1:00:462021Summer OlympicsTokyo 21st 10,000 metres28:55.29European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin 63rd 10 km33:13
Personal records +Personal records.
https://www.stadegeneve.ch/athle/athletes/item/wanders-julien Event Performance Date Place800 metres1:51.5724 AUG 2019Basel1000 metres2:36.154 May 2013Lausanne1500 metres3:39.303 AUG 2019Bern3000 metres7:43.629 July 2019Luzern5000 metres13:13.845 July 2019Lausanne5 kilometres 13:29 17 February 2019 Monaco10,000 metres 27:17.2917 July 2019Hengelo10 kilometres 27:13 12 January 2020ValenciaHalf marathon59:13 8 February 2019Ras al KhaimahMarathon2:11:523 APR 2022Paris
References
External links Official website
Christof Gertsch: Der Kenianer. Porträt in: Das Magazin Nr. 33, 17. August 2019, S. 16–26.