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Naomi Van Den Broeck

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Naomi Van den Broeck
at 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay

Naomi Van den Broeck (born 3 January 1996) is a Belgian sprinter.[1] She represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[2]

In 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the team that qualified Belgium for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.[3] And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.[4] At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, she ran in the heats and final of both the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium teams finishing 4th resp. 7th in the finals.[5][6] She also participated in the women's 400 metres hurdles reaching the semi-finals.[7]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Belgium
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.96
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.61
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.44
16th (h) 400 m 52.80
World Championships Eugene, Oregon, USA 4th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.02
40th 400 m 53.16
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.63
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.05
World Relays Nassau, The Bahamas 1st (r) 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.79
European Championships Rome, Italy 11th (sf) 400 m 51.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.95
4th 4 × 400 m relay mixed 3:11.03
Olympic Games Paris, France 18th (sf) 400 m hurdles 54.94
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.40
4th 4 × 400 m relay mixed 3:09.36

Personal life

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Van den Broeck was born in Belgium to a Senegalese mother and Belgian father. As a youth, she grew up in Belgium, South Africa, Jamaica, Ireland and Norway.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Naomi Van Den Broeck". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "van den BROECK Naomi". olympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY FINAL RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  6. ^ "4 X 400M RELAY MIXED FINAL RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ "400 METRES HURDLES WOMEN". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Belgian Cheetah en globetrotter Naomi Van den Broeck: "Antwerpen is mijn tweede thuis"". www.gva.be.
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