Aurélien Radja

Aurélien Radja
Personal information
Born (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Long-distance running, Cross Country running
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  FRA
European Cross Country Championships
2025 Lagoa U23 race
2025 Lagoa U23 team

Aurélien Radja (born 31 March 2004) is a French long-distance and cross country runner.[1]

Career

From Sotteville, Normandy, Radja placed sixth in the French Short Course Cross Country Championships in March 2024, also finishing first in the U23 category.[2] That month, he also placed second over 1500 metres at the French under-23 indoor athletics championships.[3]

He had a fifteenth place finish in the men's under-23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey as the French under-23 men's team won the silver medal in the team competition.[4][5]

Radja had a top-ten finish over 5000 metres in 13.52.59 at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[6] He was a silver medalist behind Nick Griggs in the under-23 race the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal. The France team also won the silver medal in the team event at the championships.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Aurélien Radja". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Cross-country - French championships: Aurélien Radja in the Top 10 and first Espoir!". paris-normandie.fr. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ^ "French Championships – Cross-country: Aurélien Radja aims for a top 10 finish". paris-normandie.fr. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  4. ^ "30th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Championnats d'Europe de cross-country 2024 : De l'argent et du bronze pour Les Blues a Antalya". Stadion-actu. 8 Dec 2024. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
  6. ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  7. ^ Dennehy, Cathal (14 Dec 2025). "Nick Griggs leads Ireland to U-23 individual and team gold at European Cross Country Championships". Independent.ie. Retrieved 14 Dec 2025.
  8. ^ "Griggs claims under-23 European Cross Country gold". BBC Sport. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  9. ^ Mills, Steven (14 Dec 2025). "Historic gold for Ireland! Griggs clinches U23 title in Lagoa 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.