Florent Mabille
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Belgian |
Born | 27 October 1996 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400m |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400m: 45.71 (Heusden-Zolder, 2023) |
Medal record |
Florent Mabille (born 27 October 1996) is a Belgian sprinter. In 2023, he became Belgian national champion over 400 metres indoors. He won a gold medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]2023
[edit]In February 2023, he won the 2023 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships over 400 metres in Gent.[2]
He lowered his 400m personal best to 45.71 seconds in Heusden in May 2023.[3] It was the tenth fastest time ever recorded by a Belgian at the distance.[4] In July 2023, he finished as runner-up to Alexander Doom at the 2023 Belgian Athletics Championships in Bruges.[5] He ran at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in August 2023, in the Belgian mixed 4x400m relay team, alongside Robin Vanderbemden, Imke Vervaet, and Camille Laus in the heat as they team qualified for the final and ultimately placed fifth overall.[6][7]
2024
[edit]He ran as part of the Belgian mixed 4x400m relay alongside Vervaet, Christian Iguacel, and Laus as the Belgian team successfully qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[8]
He was a member of the Belgian men’s 4x400m relay team that won qualified for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, running in the heat alongside Vanderbemden, Iguacel and Dylan Borlée as they qualified for the final and ultimately won the gold medal.[9][10] He was a member of the Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlée, and Kevin Borlée, as they just missed out on a medal. Despite the team posting a national record in the final, it finished 4th for the 3rd straight Olympics.[11]
2025
[edit]In March 2025, he won a bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands as a member of the Belgium men's 4×400 m relay team alongside Sacoor, Iguacel and Julien Watrin.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Florent Mabille". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Sterpigny, Sébastien (February 21, 2023). "Prime Minister titre national pour Florent Mabille sur 400 m : "Les frères Borlée m'ont envie de faire du 400 m"". DH Sports. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Athlétisme : rencontre avec Florent Mabille, le nouveau venu dans le relais 4x400m". bx1.be. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Balteau, Coline (28 July 2023). "Florent Mabille (Excelsior Brussels) makes Belgian 400m history: "It was a lot of emotions"". sudinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Le relais belge du 4x400 mètres mixte: "L'objectif était la finale et on est en finale"". 7sur7.be. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Florent Mabille, holder in the mixed 4x400 relay: "It was my dream, I feel legitimate"". rtbf.be. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24". World Athletics. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "11 gold medals! Tortu anchors Italy to 4x100m victory in Roma 2024". European Athletics. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "JO 2024 : les Belgian Tornados terminent au pied du podium de la finale du 4x400 m avec un record de Belgique" (in French). Le Soir. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (Mar 9, 2025). "Five gold medals! Super Sunday as Dutch close Apeldoorn 2025 with glorious finale". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2025.