Koen Naert
Belgian long-distance runner
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Koen Naert (born 3 September 1989) is a Belgian athlete who specializes in cross-country and long-distance running.
- Half marathon: 61:42 (Valencia 2018)
- Marathon: 2:06:56 (Rotterdam 2023)
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| Born | 3 September 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||
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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]
