Hanne Claes Explained

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 (in Dutch; Flemish ˈɦɑnə klaːs/; 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]

Career

She finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 × 400 metres relay.

International competitions

Representing
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	5th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.73¹
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.86
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th (sf)	200 m	23.68
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.81
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	11th (sf)	200 m	23.85
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	–	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
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	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
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	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
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.12
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	23rd (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.06
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.84
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	17th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.36

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.49 (+0.9 m/s, Heusden-Zolder 2012)
200 metres – 23.26 (+0.7 m/s, Helsinki 2012)
400 metres – 51.28 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2024)
400 metres hurdles – 54.33 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2023)

Indoor

200 metres – 23.94 (Ghent 2011)
400 metres – 52.78 (Dortmund 2023)

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics CLAES Hanne . 2021-09-07 . Tokyo 2020 . . dead . 2021-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210907185353/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1393391-claes-hanne.htm.