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Isaac Nader
Portuguese middle-distance runner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Isaac Nader (born 17 August 1999) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner and world 1500 meter champion.[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.
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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]
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2021-2023: Early success
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
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 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 in 4:17.[34]
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Personal bests
All information from World Athletics profile.[35]
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Personal life
Nader was born in Portugal to a Moroccan father and Portuguese mother, and nephew of the Moroccan international footballer Hassan Nader.[36]
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