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Isaac Nader

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Isaac Nader
Isaac Nader in 2023
Personal information
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 26)
Faro, Portugal
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event(s)
1500, mile and 3000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tokyo 1500 m
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Apeldoorn 1500 m
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 1500 m

Isaac Nader (born 17 August 1999) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 m.[1] He is the 2025 World Champion in the 1500 m, and the Portuguese record holder in the 800 m, 1500 m and mile, both indoors and outdoors.

He was the 2021 Portuguese indoor champion in the 1500 and 3000 m, and won the 3000 m at the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzów. In 2025, Nader won a bronze medal in the 1500 m at the European Indoor Championships. In September 2025, he became world champion in the 1500 metres. He holds the Portuguese records both indoors and outdoors, in the 800 m, 1500 m and mile. At club level, Nader represents S.L. Benfica.[2]

Career

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2021–2023: Early success

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In 2021, Nader won over 1500 m and 3000 m at the Portuguese Indoor Championships.[3] He competed at the European Indoor Championships in Torun, going out in the heats of the 1500 m and 3000 m.[4][5] In May, he won the 3000 m at the European Team Championships Super League in Chorzow, whilst also placing fifth in the 1500 m.[6][7] Nader set a new 1500 m personal best of 3:37.01 in finishing second behind Ismael Debjani at the Meeting Iberoamericano on 3 June.[8] At the European U23 Championships, he won a bronze medal in the 1500 m, running a time of 3:40.58.[9]

The following year, Nader retained his 1500 m title at the Portuguese Indoor Championships.[10] At the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, he made the final of the 1500 m, finishing tenth.[11] In July, at the World Championships in Eugene, he went out in the heats of the 1500 m.[12]

Nader set a new 1500 m personal best of 3:34.00 in winning at the Meeting Iberoamericano on 6 June 2023.[13] He further improved his personal best to 3:31.67 at the Meeting Stanislas Nancy on 18 June, finishing second behind Reynold Cheruiyot.[14] On 16 July, he finished seventh at the Silesia Diamond League, in a personal best of 3:31.49.[15] At the World Championships in Budapest, Nader made the final of the 1500 m, finishing twelfth.[16]

2024–2025: World 1500 m champion and European Indoor bronze

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In 2024, Nader set a new national record in the short track 1500 m, running 3:34.23 to win at the Czech Indoor Gala on 30 January.[17] At the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he finished fourth in the 1500 m final.[18] On 30 May, he improved his 1500 m personal best to 3:30.84 in finishing fourth at the Oslo Diamond League.[19] In June, he competed at the European Championships in Rome, finishing tenth in the final of the 1500 m.[20] At the Olympics in Paris, he made the 1500 m semi-finals.[21]

Nader (in second) competing in the 1500 m final at the 2025 World Indoor Championships.

Nader broke his own short track 1500 m national record at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais on 13 February, running 3:32.59 to finish second behind Azeddine Habz.[22] He won a bronze medal over 1500 m at the European Indoor Championships, running a time of 3:37.10 in the final.[23] At the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, he finished fourth in the 1500 m.[24]

On 12 June 2025, Nader won his first Diamond League, winning at the Bislett Games over the mile, setting a new Portuguese national record of 3:48.25.[25][26] He set a new 800 m national record of 1:43.86 in winning the at the Reunion Internacional Ciudad de Guadalajara on 18 June.[27] He also broke the Portuguese 1500 m national record by running a time of 3:29.37, his first time under the 3:30 barrier, to finish second behind Phanuel Koech at the Golden Spike Ostrava.[28] He won over 1500 m at the European Team Championships First Division in Madrid, running a time of 3:39.08.[29] On 19 July, he finished third at the London Diamond League, running a time of 3:31.55.[30]

At the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Nader was the shock gold medallist in the 1500 m, narrowly beating Jake Wightman on the line to claim his first major title.[31][32] Following the final, he stated "I'm happy to make history for our country, to be another Portuguese medalist at the World Championships. I'm so happy, I still can't quite believe it".[33] In his first race since the title, Nader won the road mile at the XXXVII Milla Internacional de Berango on 11 October in 4:17.[34]

Personal bests

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All information from World Athletics profile.[35]

Type Event Time Date Place Notes
Outdoor 800 metres 1:43.86 18 June 2025 Guadalajara, Spain NR
1500 metres 3:29.37 24 June 2025 Ostrava, Czech Republic NR
Mile 3:48.25 12 June 2025 Oslo, Norway NR
Indoor 800 metres 1:46.18 23 February 2025 Pombal, Portugal NR
1500 metres 3:32.59 13 February 2025 Lievin, France NR
Mile 3:54.17 4 February 2025 Ostrava, Czech Republic
3000 metres 7:53.40 2 March 2022 Madrid, Spain

Personal life

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Nader was born in Portugal to a Moroccan father and Portuguese mother, and nephew of the Moroccan international footballer Hassan Nader.[36]

References

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  1. ^ "Atletismo: Algarvio Isaac Nader garante mínimos para Europeus de pista coberta". 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ Isaac Nader Clocks 3:34.23 1500m WL In Ostrava. Retrieved 19 June 2024 – via www.flotrack.org.
  3. ^ "Algarvios Isaac Nader and Edna Barros champions of Portugal indoor track". portugalsnews.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  4. ^ "2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  5. ^ "2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ^ "2021 European Athletics Team Championships – Men's 1500m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  7. ^ "2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  8. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (3 June 2021). "Dongmo throws 19.75m in Huelva, Bradshaw vaults 4.82m". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Algarvians Isaac Nader and Etson Barros win medals at the European Under-23 Athletics Championships". Sul Informação. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  10. ^ "2022 Portuguese Indoor Championships – Men's 1500m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  11. ^ "2022 World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  12. ^ "2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500m – Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  13. ^ "2023 Meeting Iberoamericano – Men's 1500 m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Isaac Nader voou nos 1500 metros!" [Isaac Nader flew in the 1500 meters!]. www.slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese).
  15. ^ Sequeira, Manuel (18 July 2023). "Isaac Nader é 7º nos 1.500 m com recorde pessoal do Meeting da Silésia" [Isaac Nader is 7th in the 1,500 m with a personal best at the Silesian Meeting]. revistaatletismo.com (in Portuguese).
  16. ^ "Athletics World Championships: Algarvio Isaac Nader is 12th in the 1.500 meters". Sul Informação. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Isaac Nader bateu o recorde nacional dos 1500 metros" [Isaac Nader broke the national record in the 1500 meters]. www.slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  18. ^ "2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  19. ^ "2024 Oslo Diamond League – Men's 1500m – Results" (PDF). Diamond League. 30 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  20. ^ "2024 European Championships – Men's 1500m – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  21. ^ Pires, Edgar (4 August 2024). "Isaac Nader misses Olympic 1.500 meter final". Sul Informação. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  22. ^ "Isaac Nader bate recorde de Portugal" [Isaac Nader breaks Portugal's record]. fpatletismo.pt. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  23. ^ Pires, Edgar (7 March 2025). "Isaac Nader bronze at the European Indoor Championships, Gerson Baldé on the edge of the podium". Sul Informação. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  24. ^ Pires, Edgar (23 March 2025). "Isaac Nader repeats 4th place and Gerson Baldé 8th at the Indoor World Championships". Sul Informação. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  25. ^ "Ouro para Isaac Nader na Noruega" [Gold for Isaac Nader in Norway]. www.slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). 12 June 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  26. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (12 June 2025). "Warholm breaks world 300m hurdles best in Oslo". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  27. ^ "Algarvian Isaac Nader breaks national record for 800 meters". Sul Informação. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  28. ^ "Isaac Nader fixa novo recorde nacional nos 1500 metros!" [Isaac Nader sets a new national record in the 1500 meters!]. www.slbenfica.pt. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  29. ^ A 52.02 last lap! Men's 1500m replay – Madrid 2025. European Athletics. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via YouTube.
  30. ^ Vieira, Shiela (19 July 2025). "Isaac Nader é terceiro nos 1500m, e Salomé Afonso bate recorde nacional da milha na Diamond League de Londres 2025" [Isaac Nader is third in the 1500m, and Salomé Afonso breaks the national mile record at the London 2025 Diamond League]. olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  31. ^ McAlister, Sean (17 September 2025). "World Athletics Championships 2025: Isaac Nader claims stunning gold in men's 1500m". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  32. ^ Pierce, Zack (17 September 2025). "In thrilling 1,500-meter final at worlds, Isaac Nader edges Jake Wightman for gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  33. ^ Pires, Edgar (17 September 2025). "Isaac Nader believed very much that it was possible and put his head for the first time for the gold". Sul Informação. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  34. ^ Broadbent, Chris (14 October 2025). "World champion Nader wins on road return". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  35. ^ "Isaac Nader – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  36. ^ "Isaac Nader, a luz ao fundo do túnel! (Opinião)". A Bola (in Portuguese).
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