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, 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

YearCompetitionLocationPlaceEventTime
2016Corrida bulloiseBulle4thRoad race
Course urbaine de BâleBâle3rdRoad race
Course de l'EscaladeGeneva4thRoad race
Corrida de HouillesHouilles6th10 kilometres
2017Durban 10kDurban3rd10 kilometres
European Team ChampionshipsVaasa2nd5000 m
Corrida bulloiseBulle1stRoad race
Course urbaine de BâleBâle1stRoad race
Course de l'EscaladeGeneva1stRoad race
Corrida de HouillesHouilles1st10 kilometres
2018Barcelona Half MarathonBarcelona2ndHalf marathon60:09
IAAF World Half Marathon ChampionshipsValencia8thHalf marathon61:03
Durban 10kDurban2nd10 kilometres27:32
Corrida bulloiseBulle1stRoad race
Course urbaine de BâleBâle1stRoad race
Course de l'EscaladeGeneva1stRoad race
Corrida de HouillesHouilles1st10 kilometres27:25
2019Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonRas Al Khaimah4thHalf marathon59:13
Monaco Run 5 km HerculisMonaco1st5 kilometres13:29
European Athletics Team ChampionshipsBydgoszcz2nd5000 metres13:45.31
World Athletics ChampionshipsDoha24th5000 metres13:38.95
DNF10,000 metresDNF
European Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon3rd10 km30:25
2020World Athletics Half Marathon ChampionshipsGdynia21stHalf marathon1:00:46
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo21st10,000 metres28:55.29
European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin63rd10 km33:13

Personal records

Personal records
EventPerformanceDatePlace
800 metres1:51.5724 AUG 2019Basel
1000 metres2:36.154 May 2013Lausanne
1500 metres3:39.303 AUG 2019Bern
3000 metres7:43.629 July 2019Luzern
5000 metres13:13.845 July 2019Lausanne
5 kilometres13:2917 February 2019Monaco
10,000 metres27:17.2917 July 2019Hengelo
10 kilometres27:1312 January 2020Valencia
Half marathon59:138 February 2019Ras al Khaimah
Marathon2:11:523 APR 2022Paris

External links

  • at World Athletics
  • Christof Gertsch: Porträt in: Das Magazin Nr. 33, 17. August 2019, S. 16–26.