Titouan Le Grix
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| Born | 16 June 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pol Domenech | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:32.81 (2025) 5000m: 13:28.23 (2025) 3000m S'chase: 8:29.02 (2025) Indoor 1500m: 3:36.16 (2026) Mile: 3:51.90 (2026) 3000m: 7:40.55 (2026) 5000m: 13:52.94 (2024) Road 10k: 28:20 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Titouan Le Grix (born 16 June 2002) is a French middle-distance runner and steeplechaser. He won the 1500 metres title at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships and was the silver medalist at the 2025 Summer World University Games in the 1500 metres.[1]
Biography
Le Grix is from Baillargues, having lived there from the age of 5 years-old. A keen footballer, he joined his the local football club at a young age and played for 13 years. In 2020, he joined Montpellier Athlétic Méditerranée Métropole, having been encouraged to try athletics by his father, who is a keen triathlete. Within a year, he was representing France in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships. That year, he enrolled into Wingate University in the United States to study for a degree in Sports Management.[2]
In May 2024, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 NCAA Division II men's outdoor track and field championships in Kansas, in a Wingate clean sweep of the podium positions.[3] In 2025 in the United States, he ran a personal best 3:34.30 in the 1500 metres and won the NCAA Division II Indoors title in the mile run in March, before later also retaining his outdoors NCAA II title in the 3000m steeplechase.[4][5] He was the silver medalist in July 2025 at the World University Games in Bochum, Germany, in the men's 1500 metres, finishing behind Filip Ostrowski of Poland.[6][7] Having turned pro, Le Grix continued to training with Wingate coach Pol Domenech in North Carolina.[8]
In February 2026, he ran 3:51.90 for the mile competing indoors at the Sound Invite in the United States.[9] He won the 1500 metres title at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships, running 3:45.51 in the final.[10][11] He was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026. Competing at the Championships in Toruń, he advanced to the final of the 1500 m after placing second in his heat, having made a late advance from fifth place.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Titouan Le Grix". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Titouan Le Grix is ready to go". baillargues.fr. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Titouan Le Grix, Soheil Boufrizi and Ricardo Barbosa Champion, 2nd and 3rd Place Men's 3000m Steeplechase - NCAA D2 Outdoor Championships 2024". Runnerspace. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Track & Field: Exclusive Interview with Titouan Le Grix". Elite Athletes. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Titouan Le Grix Champion, Reece Sharman-Newell 2nd Place Men's Mile - NCAA D2 Indoor Championships 2025". Runnerspace. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Polish volleyball team and track athletes take gold at World University Games". TVP World. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ Gault, Jonathan (March 20, 2026). "World Indoors 1500 prelims: Nader reveals new coach, stellar women's final set". Lets Run. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ^ Stephens, Ato (February 15, 2026). "Selected ASICS Sound Invite Results: Wins For Nikki Hiltz, Cole Hocker, Cooper Lutkenhaus". World-Track. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Two Montpellier residents bring back a French indoor championship title from Puy-de-Dôme". Midi Libre. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ Monti, David (20 March 2026). "BRUTAL MIDDLE DISTANCE QUALIFYING RACES ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ^ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.