Patrick van Balkom
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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 in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area and did not qualify for the final.
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)
External links
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Waalwijk
- Athletes from North Brabant
- Artists from North Brabant
- Dutch male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Netherlands
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade