Ruben Querinjean
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| Born | 26 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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Ruben Querinjean (born 22 December 2001) is a Luxembourger middle-distance runner who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase in which he is the national record holder and 2025 University Games champion. That year, he became the first Luxembourg athlete to win a Diamond League event.[1]
Career
In 2024, he set a new Luxembourg national record for the 3000 metres steeplechase at an international meeting in Liège, Belgium. In July of that year at the Luxembourg Athletics Championships he lowered the Luxembourg record again with a time of 8:18.82.[2] He subsequently competed for Luxembourg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in the 3000 metres steeplechase, where he placed ninth in his heat with a time of 8:27.97.[3][4]
He placed third in Hulshout at the Belgian Cross Country Championships in November 2024.[5] In March 2025, he set a new Luxembourg national record in the 10 km road race in Lille, France, running 28:25.[6]
In June 2025, in Turku, Finland, he broke his own national record in the 3000 metres steeplechase with a time of 8:14.33, taking more than four seconds from his previous personal best and securing the minimum automatic standard for the upcoming World Championships.[7] The following month, he won the gold medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in a games record 8:18.47.[8][9]
On 22 August 2025, he secured his first Diamond League victory on debut at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium and set a new national record for the 3000 metres steeplechase with a time of 8:09:47.[10] It was the first victory by an athlete from Luxembourg at a Diamond League event.[11] He finished tenth in the World Championship final on 15 September 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.[12]
In November 2025, he won ahead of Isaac Kimeli at the Belgian Cross Country Championships.[13]
Personal life
Querinjean has a Master's degree in physiotherapy and rehabilitation from the University of Liège in Belgium.[14] He has dual citizenship with Belgium.[5]
Personal Bests
| Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 800 m | 1:49.12 | Sportcentrum Osbroek, Aalst | 14 August 2022 | |
| 1500 m | 3.39.02 | Stadion De Veen, Heusden-Zolder | 2 July 2022 | |
| 3000 m | 7:53.60 | Hal 5, Leuven | 6 August 2022 | |
| 3000 m Short Track | 8:49.90 | Complexe Sportif de Blocry, Louvain-La-Neuve | 25 January 2020 | |
| 5000 m | 15:31.29 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg | 18 September 2022 | |
| 2000 m Steeplechase | 5:27.74 | Schönbuchstadion, Pliezhausen | 5 May 2024 | |
| 3000 m Steeplechase | 8:09.47 | Brussels, Belgium | 22 August 2025 | NR |
| 10 Kilometres Road | 28:25 | Lille | 16 March 2025 | NR |
References
- ^ "Ruben QUERINJEAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Ruben Querinjean leeft neie Lëtzebuerger Rekord". Rtl.lu. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ a b "European Athletics". www.european-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ Pritchard, Heledd (24 July 2024). "Who will represent Luxembourg at the Paris 2024 Olympics?". luxtimes.lu. Luxembourg Times. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Isaac Kimeli and Jana Van Lent crowned Belgian cross country champions". Brussels Times. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "Semi-Marathon International de Lille - 5km et 10km". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "Ruben Querinjean qualifies for world championships with national steeplechase record". Today.rtl.lu. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025.
- ^ "Ruben Querinjean is a university world champion!". Virgule.lu. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "Luxembourg's Querinjean stuns Diamond League with 3000m steeplechase victory". Today.rtl.lu. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "Ruben Querinjean Claims Historic Diamond League Win with National Record in Brussels". Chronicle.lu. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (30 Nov 2025). "Querinjean upsets Kimeli for victory at the Belgian Cross Country Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
- ^ "QUERINJEAN Ruben". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.