| Hanne Claes | |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Hasselt, Belgium |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 m hurdles, 200 m |
| Education: | KU Leuven |
| Club: | Daring Club Leuven Atletiek |
| Coach: | Anke Vanheyste Wim Van Avondt Rudi Diels Jacques Borlée Carole Bam |
Hanne Claes (pronounced as /nl/; born 4 August 1991) is a Belgian athlete specialising first in the 200 metres and later 400 metres hurdles.
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics[1] and the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] She ended her career soon after the 2024 Summer Olympics and before a home crowd at the 2024 Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting in Brussels, Belgium.[3] [4]
She finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 × 400 metres relay.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 5th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.731 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.86 | |||
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 23.68 |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.81 | |||
| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 23.85 |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 23rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 60.20 |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 7th | 200 m | 23.75 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 55.75 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.69 | |||
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.46 |
| World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 2nd (B) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.71 | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 12th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.25 | |
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.15 | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 28th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 56.38 |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.61 |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 9th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.31 | |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.12 | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 23rd (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.06 |
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.84 | |||
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 17th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.36 |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 24th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.96 | |
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.40 | |||
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