Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse

Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse (born 30 July 1995) is a French long-distance and cross country runner. He has won French national titles in cross country as well as over 10,000 metres and in the half marathon. Competing in the marathon distance he won a team bronze medal at the 2026 European Athletics Championships.

Biography The son of French long-distance runner Pierre Levisse, he is a graduate of Portland University in the United States. He won the French 10,000m title in 2017 and that year placed third in Bydgoszcz at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships over that distance. In 2019, he became the French cross-country champion in Vittel.

In March 2024, he represented France at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. In September 2025, he won French Half Marathon Championships in Vannes. The following month, he finished second in 56:32 behind Etienne Daguinos at the Paris 20km.

In January 2026, he won the Seville Half Marathon in 60:24. The following month at the Barcelona Half Marathon, Roudolff-Levisse placed third in 59:37 and broke the French record held by Morhad Amdouni by three seconds to become the seventh fastest European in history at the distance. On 12 April, he ran a personal best 2:05:58 to place sixth overall at the 2026 Paris Marathon. On 16 August, he finished in eleventh place with a time of 2:10:34 in the marathon at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, which helped France win the team bronze medal.

Personal life Alongside his athletics career, he works as a municipal police officer in the Paris region.