Koen Naert
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| Born | 3 September 1989 (age 35) Roeselare, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Koen Naert (born 3 September 1989) is a Belgian athlete who specializes in cross-country and long-distance running.
Naert finished seventh at the 2015 Berlin Marathon[1] and 13th at the 2015 Hamburg Marathon.[2] In 2018, he won the gold medal in the marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin with 2:09:51 for a championship record. His personal best of 2:06:56 comes from the 2023 Rotterdam Marathon, where he placed sixth.
In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3]
As a marathon runner, he represented Belgium in 3 successive Summer Olympic Games, finishing in 22nd place in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[4] in 10th place in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan,[5] and, after an offday, in 61st place in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6]
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[edit]International competition
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Marathon de Berlin: victoire du Kényan Eliud Kipchoge, Koen Naert (7e) et Florent Caelen (17e) avec d'excellents chronos". lameuse.be. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Drie Belgen duiken onder OS-limiet op marathon". Sporza.be. 26 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Koen Naert wordt knap 22e in olympische marathon". De Standaard (in Dutch). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Bashir Abdi doet er een zevende medaille bij! Belg pakt brons op marathon, Koen Naert knap 10de". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 8 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Koen Naert beleeft offday op olympische marathon: "Heb er geen verklaring voor"". www.hardloopnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Koen Naert at World Athletics
- Koen Naert at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French)
- Koen Naert at Olympics.com
- Koen Naert at Olympedia (archive)
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