Flavien Szot
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| Born | 6 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Middle-distance running, cross country running | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pol Domenech | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 1:45.71 (2026) 1500m: 3:30.74 (2025) Mile: 3:52.67 (2025) 3000m: 7:39.89 (2026) | ||||||||||||||
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Flavien Szot (born 6 September 2001) is a French middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
Biography
From Castres,[2] his running clubs have included Bordeaux Athle,[3] and Racing Multi Athlon.[4] The French U23 Cross Country champion in Carhaix in 2023, and that year won a silver medal with the French U23 men's team at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels.[5][6][2]
Competing in Dresden, Germany, in the World Athletics Continental Tour on 1 June 2025, Szot ran a personal best time for the 1500 metres of 3:33.72.[7] Later that month, Szot ran a new personal best 3:30.74 as he competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting de Paris.[8] He ran 3:54.74 in the invitational mile the following month at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[9] That month, Szot set a meeting record of 7:41.63 for the 3000 metres at the Meeting International de Marseille.[10] In Oslo, in August, Szot was runner-up to Canadian Max Davies in 3:34.52 for the 1500 metres at the Sankthanshaugen 5,000 meeting.[11] He placed fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2025 French Championships, running 3:34.29 in Talence.[12]
In January 2026, he won in the mile at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York.[13][14] The following month, he was runner-up to Azeddine Habz over 3000 metres at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere.[15]
In May 2026, he ran a season’s best 3:32.24 for the 1500 metres metres at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2026 Diamond League.[16] On 7 June, he had a top-ten finish in the 1500 m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm.[17]
References
- ↑ "Flavien Szot". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Castres. Flavien Szot aims for a top 5 finish at the European Cross Country Championships". ladepeche. 8 Dec 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bordeaux 10km: Habz doubles his tally". 6 November 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Meeting Premium Athlé Tour de Montreuil : Chaussinand, Bonnin et Finot dans l'arène". Athle.fr. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "29th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "European Cross Country Championships: Yann Schrub was not there to play around". Stadion-actu. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (1 Jun 2025). "Fast one lap action provides the highlights in Dresden". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ Gault, Jonathan (20 June 2025). "Azeddine Habz & Phanuel Koech (Who?) Run 3:27: Paris Diamond League Thoughts". Lets Run. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ↑ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (14 Jul 2025). "Hondema takes Schippers' Dutch record; Fabbri on form, Wightman wins". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Ormond, Cameron (25 August 2025). "Toronto's Max Davies lowers his Canadian U23 record in Norway". Running Magazine. Retrieved 28 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "French Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Flavien Szot 1st Place Men's Mile - Dr. Sander Scorcher 2026". Runnerspace. 24 Jan 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Dr. Sander Invitational". World Athletics. 24 Jan 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League (BAUHAUS-Galan) 2026". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.