Nathan Kahan Explained

Nathan Kahan
Birth Date:12 February 1971
Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium[1]
Height:1.87 m
Weight:68 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:800 metres
Club:ABES, Edegem
Coach:Jozef Kahan

Nathan Kahan (born 12 February 1971 in Antwerp) is a Belgian retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships. His best result came early in his career when he narrowly missed the final at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

His personal bests in the event are 1:44.96 outdoors (Nuremberg 1997) and 1:47.93 indoors (Karlsruhe 1998).[2]

Kahan now works as a sport psychologist.[3]

International competitions

Representing
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany10th (sf)800 m1:45.75
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece28th (qf)800 m1:48.66
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain15th (h)800 m1:50.70
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary12th (sf)800 m1:48.39
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia26th (h)800 m1:47.69

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025159/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/nathan-kahan-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. https://www.all-athletics.com/node/23922 All-Athletics profile
  3. Web site: Praktijkhuis Perwijs .