Patrick van Balkom
Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom (born September 14, 1974) is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With this same team he also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area.
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| Full name | Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 1974 Waalwijk, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Van Balkom also won a 200 metres bronze medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. On September 3, 2006 he ran his last race at the Arena Games in Hilversum.
Van Balkom was born in Waalwijk, North Brabant.
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 10.23 (1998)
- 200 metres – 20.36 (1999, 2000, 2001)
- 400 metres – 46.80 (2003)
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