Jump to content

Renée Eykens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Renée Eykens
Renée Eykens in 2016
Personal information
Born (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 28)
Brasschaat, Belgium
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportTrack and field
Event800 metres
Coached byPaul Sauviller
Medal record
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Eskilstuna 800 metres
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bydgoszcz 800 metres

Renée Eykens (born 8 June 1996) is a Belgian middle-distance runner.[2] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals. In addition, she is the 2015 European Junior gold medallist.

International competitions

[edit]
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Belgium
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 6th 800 m 2:07.70
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 1st 800 m 2:02.83
2016 European Championship Amsterdam, Netherlands 14th (sf) 800 m 2:02.38
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16th (sf) 800 m 2:00.45
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 800 m 2:04.73
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 32nd (h) 800 m 2:56.24
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th 800 m 2:03.32
Universiade Naples, Italy 6th 800 m 2:02.71
World Championships Doha, Qatar 32nd (h) 800 m 2:03.65

Personal bests

[edit]

Outdoor

Indoor

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Renée Eykens". IAAF. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
[edit]