Ben Broeders Explained

Ben Broeders
Honorific Suffix:OLY
Birth Date:21 June 1995
Birth Place:Leuven, Belgium
Height:1.78 m
Weight:75 kg
Life Partner:Femke Bol[1]
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault
Coach:Steven Taeleman
Education:Daring Club Leuven Atletiek
Rotterdam Atletiek
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Ben Broeders (born 21 June 1995) is a Belgian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships. In addition, he finished fourth at the European Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 5.85 metres outdoors (Merzig 2022) and 5.82 metres indoors (Toruń 2023).[2]

International competitions

Representing
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States20th (q)5.00 m
2015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia9th5.20 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands4th5.50 m
2017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Polandbgcolor=gold1st5.60 m
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, GermanyNM
2019UniversiadeNaples, Italy3rd5.51 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar12th5.55 m
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan18th (q)5.65 m
2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5th5.75 m
World ChampionshipsEugene, United States11th5.70 m
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany15th (q)5.50 m
2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey8th5.60 m
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7th5.75 m
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6th5.65 m
European ChampionshipsRome, Italy12th5.50 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 February 2023 . Femke Bol: So tickt der neue Superstar der Leichtathletik . 20 February 2023 . . German . 20 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230220131329/https://www.rtl.de/cms/femke-bol-so-tickt-der-neue-superstar-der-leichtathletik-5031028.html . live .
  2. Web site: Ben BROEDERS . World Athletics . World Athletics . 14 January 2022.