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Imke Vervaet

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Imke Vervaet
Vervaet in 2018
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993 (age 31)
Ghent, Belgium
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprinting
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay

Imke Vervaet (born 11 April 1993) is a Belgian athlete.[1] She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics as a 200 metres runner and as a member of the Belgian women's 4x400 metres and mixed 4x400 metres relay teams. She also participated at multiple World and European Athletics championships, indoor and outdoor, individually and as a member of the 4x400 metres relay teams. She was national champion in the women's 200 metres in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024.

Career

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2019

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She ran in the heats of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar qualifying with the Belgium team for the final and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3] Later that week, she also ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event, finishing 5th in the final and again qualifying with the team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5] In between, she also ran a personal best of 23.24s in the heats of the women's 200 metres event but missed out on the semi-finals.[6]

2020

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In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's long jump event at the 2020 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Ghent, Belgium.[7]

2021

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In May 2021, at the World Athletics Relays in Chorzów,Poland, she was on the team that qualified Belgium for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.[8]

Having qualified for the women's 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings, she finished 4th in her round 1 heat, setting a personal best of 23.05s,[9] and proceeded to the semi-finals where she finished 7th and was eliminated.[10] She also ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium team finishing 7th in the final[11] as well as in the heats and final of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium team finishing 5th in the final.[12]

2022

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In March 2022, she ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia finishing 6th in the final.[13] In July 2022 she ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon again finishing 6th in the final.[14][15] She also participated in the women's 200 metres but was eliminated in the heats.[16] Barely a month later, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany finishing 2nd and qualifying the Belgian team for the final but was replaced in the final.[17]

2023

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In August 2023, she ran in the heats and final of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary finishing 5th in the final.[18] And as in 2022, she ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary also finishing 5th in the final, one place better than in 2022.[19]

2024

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In March 2024, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, helping the team to qualify for the final. [20] In May 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.[21][22] And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.[23] Having qualified for the women's 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings,[24] she finished 7th in her round 1 heat and was eliminated in the repechages.[25][26] She also ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium team finishing 7th in the final.[27]

Personal bests

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Outdoor

Indoor

References

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  1. ^ "Imke Vervaet". IAAF. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Team gemengde 4x400m met BR naar finale én Olympische Spelen". www.atni.be (in Dutch). 28 September 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Mondiaux d'athlétisme: les Belgian Cheetahs brisent le record de Belgique et se qualifient pour la finale" (in French). Le Soir. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Belgian Cheetahs snellen naar 5e plaats in eerste WK-finale" (in Dutch). Sporza. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  6. ^ "200 Metres Women". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Women's long jump". 2020 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ^ "WORLD RELAYS: PERFECT RAPPORT MET DRIE FINALES". www.atletiek.be (in Dutch). 2 May 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Imke Vervaet verpulvert persoonlijk record en staat in halve finales 200 meter". www.atni.be (in Dutch). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  10. ^ "The XXXII Olympic Games - Women's 200 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  11. ^ "The XXXII Olympic Games - Women's 4x400 Metres Relay". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  12. ^ "The XXXII Olympic Games - Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  13. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships, Beograd 2022 - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  14. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Belgian Tornados halen brons op 4x400 meter, Cheetahs zesde" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  16. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 - 200 Metres women". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  17. ^ "European Athletics Championships - Olympiastadion, München (GER) - Women's 4x400 Metres Relay". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  18. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023 - 4x400 Metres Relay mixed". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  19. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023 - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  20. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships - Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (GBR) - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  21. ^ "World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100" (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  22. ^ "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  25. ^ "WOMEN'S 200M ROUND 1 RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  26. ^ "WOMEN'S 200M REPECHAGE ROUND RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  27. ^ "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY FINAL RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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