| Bram Som | |
| Fullname: | Bram Som |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Weight: | 67 kg |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Terborg, Netherlands |
| Personalbest: | 400m - 46.55 (2009) 800m - 1:43.45 (2006) 1500m - 3:46.08 (2009) |
| Career: | 1987-present |
| Updated: | 9 September 2009 |
Bram Som (born 20 February 1980, in Terborg) is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000. Later that year he won the European championship.
Som participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2000 he was eliminated in the first round as his time of 1:48.58 was not enough to advance. Four years later he would reach the semi-finals in which he came fifth with a time of 1:45.52.
He is currently an 800m pacemaker, as of the 2016 Diamond League.[1] He is the co-creator and operational director of Wavelight, a pacemaking tool originally designed for training and now used in some actual racing.[2]
| Representing the | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Annecy, France | 5th | 1:48.36 | ||
| 1999 | European Junior Championships | Riga, Latvia | 3rd | 1:50.96 | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 42nd (h) | 1:48.58 | |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 11th (sf) | 1:49.34 | |
| European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 1:47.84 | ||
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 13th (sf) | 1:47.40 | ||
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 11th (h) | 1:49.08 | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 6th | 1:48.56 | ||
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5th | 1:47.00 | |
| World Championships | Paris, France | 10th (sf) | 1:46.63 | ||
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th (h) | 1:48.55 | |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 7th (sf) | 1:45.52 | ||
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 3rd | 1:46.33 | ||
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | bgcolor=gold | 1st. | 1:46.56 |
| World Cup | Athens, Greece | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1:45.13 | |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd. | 1:47.10 | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 37th (h) | 1:46.81 | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 1:45.86 | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 17th (sf) | 1:46.69 | |
| Distance | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | 10.97 | |
| 200m | 21.56 | |
| 400m | 400 m | 46.55 |
| 600m | 1:14.4 | |
| 800m | 1:43.45 | |
| 1000m | 2:17.01 | |
| 1500m | 3:42.75 | |
| 10 km | 31:01 |