Julien Watrin
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Julien Watrin (born 27 June 1992)[1] is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. In 2023, he won his first individual major senior medal, with silver at the European Indoor Championships. Watrin earned several major medals with national men's 4 × 400 m relays, including bronzes at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships.
He is the Belgian record holder for the 400 m hurdles, Belgian indoor record holder for the 400 m, and won several national titles.
He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in September 2023 which prevented him from participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2] After successful treatment, he made his return on the international stage at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, winning a silver medal as a member of Belgium's 4 × 400 m mixed relay team[3][4] and a bronze medal as a member of Belgium's men 4 × 400 m relay team.[5]
Statistics
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International competitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | 100 m | 10.82 |
| 1st | 200 m | 21.06 | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.69 | |||
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 7th | 100 m | 10.56 |
| 9th (sf) | 200 m | 21.12 w | |||
| 13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.43 | |||
| 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | – | 200 m | DNF |
| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.90 |
| Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France | 4th | 200 m | 21.56 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.58 | |||
| 2014 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st (B) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.97 |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 23rd (h) | 400 m | 46.31 | |
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.60 | |||
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.87 WL AR |
| World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.33 | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 45.76 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.10 | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:58.52 | |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.80 |
| World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd (B) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.14 | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.55 |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.27 |
| World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 8th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.70 | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.87 | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th (sf) | 400 m | 46.54 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.52 | |||
| World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 14th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.52 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:58.72 | |||
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 48.98 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.49 | |||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | 400 m | 45.44 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.83 | |||
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 17th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 48.94 | |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.33 | |||
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 2nd | 4 × 400 m mixed | 3:16.19 |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.18 SB | |||
| World Relays | Guangzhou, China | 6th | 4 × 400 m mixed relay | 3:16.45 |
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]- 100 metres – 10.39 (+1.5 m/s, Mannheim 2010) NU20R
- 200 metres – 20.80 (−0.4 m/s, Brussels 2013)
- 200 metres indoor – 20.90 (Ghent 2023)
- 400 metres – 45.56 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2021)
- 400 m hurdles – 48.66 (Brussels 2022) NR
National titles
[edit | edit source]- Belgian Athletics Championships
- 100 metres: 2012, 2013
- 200 metres: 2020
- 400 metres: 2016
- 400 m hurdles: 2019
- Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 400 metres: 2022
See also
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External links
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Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Belgian men sprinters
- People from Virton
- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- European Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Belgium
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Belgian Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Sportspeople from Luxembourg (Belgium)
- European Games competitors for Belgium
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen