Elliot Vermeulen
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| Born | 26 April 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.04 (2025) NU20R 1500m: 3:33.51 (2025) NU20R 3000m: 8:20.65 (2023) Indoor 800m: 1:54.96 (2024) 1500m: 3:39.48 (2026) Mile 4:00.48 (2025) NU20R | ||||||||||||||
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Elliot Vermeulen (born 26 April 2006) is a Belgian middle-distance runner. He was Belgian champion over 3000 metres in 2023 and the bronze medalist over 1500 metres at the European Athletics U20 Championships. He is the Belgian under-20 national record holder over 800 metres and 1500 metres.[1]
Career
From Brussels, Vermeulen is a member of Royal White Star Athletic in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, where he is coached by Tim Moriau. He was a keen footballer playing as a central defender before focusing on athletics.[2][3][4] He is a training partner of European under-20 cross country champion Willem Renders.[5] Vermeulen was Belgian champion over 3000 metres in April 2023 in 8:20.65 in Huizingen.[6][7]
Competing indoors in January 2025 in Luxembourg, Vermaelen set a Belgian under-20 indoor national record for the 1500 metres.[8][9] He won the U20 mile run at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in February 2025.[10]
In June 2025, Vermeulen ran 1:47.38 for the 800 metres in Oordegem, improving his personal best by almost three seconds and moving to second on the Belgian under-20 all-time list behind Elliott Crestan.[2] Vermeulen won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships over 1500 metres in August 2025 in Tampere, Finland, finishing behind Hakon Moe Berg and Andreas Dybdahl, but running a personal best of 3:38.65, having qualified for the final with the fastest time.[11][4] Later that month, he ran a new Belgian under-20 record for the 800 metres in Pfungstadt, Germany, of 1:45.04.[3] In September, Vermeulen ran a lifetime best and Belgian under-20 record of 3:33.51 for the 1500 metres in Trier, Germany, to move to fourth on the European all-time U20 list behind Niels Laros, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Hakon Moe Berg.[12] He competed for Belgium at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal in December 2025.[13]
On 8 February 2026, Vermuelen placed over 1500 metres at the Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze meeting, running 3:39.48, an indoor personal best.[14]
References
- ^ "Elliot Vermeulen". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ a b Kempen, Luc (25 June 2025). "Elliot Vermeulen's breakthrough year: 'The tension is slipping away from him'". Bruzz.be. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ a b "Athletics: Brussels native Elliot Vermeulen shatters the U20 800m record". BruxellesToday. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ a b "Elliot Vermeulen wins the bronze medal in the 1500m at the European Junior Championships". BruxellesToday. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (29 Dec 2025). ""We look differently at championships." The new mindset breeding Belgian running success". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Belgian 10.000m Championships". World Athletics. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "ENZO NOEL AND JANA VAN LENT BELGIAN CHAMPIONS 10,000M". Atletiek.be. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ Balteau, Coline (8 Jan 2025). "Elliot Vermeulen (White Star) shatters the Belgian U20 record in the 1500m: "I kind of saw this surprise coming, but I'm still very satisfied."". Sudinfo.be. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Régio 2". World Athletics. 5 Jan 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "ELLIOT VERMEULEN 1ST PLACE JUNIOR BOYS INTERNATIONAL MILE - NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX 2025". Runnerspace. 3 Feb 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Third fastest 1000m in history! Attaoui clocks 2:12.25 in Trier". European Athletics. 3 Sep 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 Dec 2025. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ Trapnell, Jasmine (8 Feb 2026). "Swoboda battles to 60m victory and Moe Berg dominates again in Dortmund". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.