Tomer Tarragano
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| Born | 4 January 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 1500m: 3:42.09 (2024) 3000m: 7:59.50 (2024) 5000m: 13:44.62 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Tomer Tarragano (born 4 January 2001) is a British long distance and cross country runner.[1]
Biography
A member of Brighton and Hove Athletics Club, he represented Great Britain at the under-23 level at the Euro Cross Country Championships in both 2022 and 2023.[2] In 2023, he won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) title over 10,000 metres.[3]
He won the British Team European Cross Country Trials in Liverpool on November 23, 2024.[4] He was subsequently selected for the British team for the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey, where he was a bronze medalist in the team race.[5][6] On 31 December 2024, he pipped Tom Keen in a photo finish to win the Battersea New Year's Eve 5k in London.[7]
In January 2025, he had a top-ten finish at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar.[8] At the beginning of February 2025, he won the BUCS cross country title in Cardiff.[9] He won the men’s race at the Comeback 5000 in Battersea on 13 May 2025.[10]
Competing in the United States for the University of North Carolina, he qualified over 10,000 metres for the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[11]
Personal life
His father’s family are Spanish, from the town of Tarragona.[12] He studied at the University of Birmingham.[13]
References
- ↑ "Tomer Tarragano". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ Collett, Jasmine (Nov 23, 2024). "Kate Axford and Tomer Tarragano take Euro trials victory in Liverpool". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ "Tomer is the BUCS Champ". brightonandhoveac.com. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ "EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS SPOTS BOOKED AT UKA CROSS CHALLENGE IN LIVERPOOL". British Athletics. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ "JOSH LAY BESTOWED WITH CAPTAINCY FOR 2024 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ Collett, Jasmine (Nov 26, 2024). "Strong British team selected for Euro Cross in Turkey". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ Adams, Tim (Jan 1, 2025). "Tomer Tarragano beats Tom Keen in enthralling finish at Battersea". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ↑ "Chebet and Aregawi confirm supremacy in Elgoibar". World Athletics. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ↑ Hemderson, Jason (1 February 2025). "BUCS GLORY FOR JESS BAILEY AND TOMER TARRAGANO". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ↑ "TARRAGANO AND WEIR VICTORIOUS IN THE COMEBACK 5000". Athletics Weekly. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "NCAA Track And Field Championships 2026 Qualifiers". Flotrack. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ Zeffertt, Rosalind (14 January 2020). "National bow for Tomer". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ Davis, James (December 11, 2022). "European XC Championships another step forward for Tomer Tarragano". Sports Gazette. Retrieved 7 December 2024.