Kim Gevaert

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Kim Gevaert
European Championships
Silver 2002 Munich 100 metres
Silver 2002 Munich 200 metres
Gold 2006 Gothenburg 100 metres
Gold 2006 Gothenburg 200 metres
European Indoor Championships
Gold 2002 Vienna 60 metres
Gold 2005 Madrid 60 metres
Gold 2007 Birmingham 60 metres

Kim Gevaert (born August 5, 1978 in Leuven) is a Belgian sprint athlete. Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100th's of a second behind 3 times champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. At the next World Indoor Championships, in 2006, she won the bronze medal in a national record time of 7.11 seconds.

On August 9, 2006 she won the 100 metres at the European Championships in 11.06 seconds. Two days later, she also won the final of the 200 metres. She became the first Belgian gold medalist at the European Championships in 35 years and the first woman to win the sprint double since 1994.

Year Tournament Venue Discipline Result Extra
2002 European Indoor Championship Vienna, Austria 60 m 1st
European Championships Munich, Germany 100 m 2nd
200 m 2nd
2003 1st IAAF World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 200 m 5th
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 60 m 2nd national record 7.12 seconds
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 60 m 1st
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 60 m 3rd national record 7.11 seconds
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 100 m 1st First Belgian women to win a gold medal in this event.
200 m 1st
2007 European Indoor Championship Birmingham, England 60 m 1st national record 7.10 seconds (semi-final)

  • 60 metres: 7.10 seconds (Belgian Record)
  • 100 metres: 11.04 seconds (Wind: 2.0/Place: Brussels/Date:09 07 2006) (Belgian Record)
  • 200 metres: 22.20 seconds (Brussels/09 07 2006) (Belgian Record)
  • 400 metres: 51.45 seconds (-/Gent/08 05 2005)(Belgian Record)

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