Netherlands at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics
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The Netherlands were represented at the 2006 European Athletics Championships by the following athletes.
Women's 200 metres:
Men's 400 metres:
Women's 400 metres:
Men's 800 metres:
Women's 1500 metres:
Women's 1500 metres:
Men's 5000 metres:
Women's 10,000 metres:
Men's marathon:
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
Women's 3000 metre steeplechase:
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
Men's high jump:
Men's pole vault:
Women's pole vault:
Women's long jump:
Men's shot put:
Women's shot put:
Men's discus:
Men's decathlon:
Women's heptathlon:
Results
| Place | Athlete | Event | Result |
| 1 | Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som 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... |
800 metres | 1:46.56 min |
| 2 | Karin Ruckstuhl Karin Ruckstuhl Karin Nathalie Ruckstuhl is a Dutch heptathlete.-Biography:Her first major championship was the 2002 European Athletics Championships and she finished 13th in the heptathlon... |
Heptathlon | 6423 pts (NR) |
Athletes
Men's 200 metres:- Caimin DouglasCaimin DouglasCaimin Christian Douglas is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Douglas was born in Rosmalen, out of a Dutch mother and an Antillean father. At the age of five the family returned to his father's roots in Curaçao. There he played football from the age of 11 for his local team in Willemstad and the...
- Round 2, 21.18 s (did not advance) - Patrick van LuijkPatrick van LuijkPatrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Patrick van Luijk was born in 1984 out of a Dutch mother and a Jamaican father. Sports have always been the most important hobby of Van Luijk and he started with football at an early age for local team FC Bakestijn...
- Round 2, 21.46 s (did not advance) - Guus HoogmoedGuus HoogmoedGuus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....
- Semi final, 20.80 s (did not advance)
Women's 200 metres:
- Jacqueline PoelmanJacqueline PoelmanHelina Jacomina Poelman is a former Dutch sprinter.Poelman was born and raised in Leek and trained at an athletics club in Roden. Her first major international tournament were the 1991 European Junior Championships in Thessaloniki, where she did not reach the final on the 100 nor the 200 m...
- Round 2, 24.01 s (did not advance)
Men's 400 metres:
- Youssef El Rhalfioui - Round 1, 47.12 s (did not advance)
Women's 400 metres:
- Romara van Noort - Round 1, 52.64 s (PB, did not advance)
Men's 800 metres:
- Bram SomBram SomBram Som 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...
- Final, 1:46.56 min (gold medal)
Women's 1500 metres:
- Bob WinterBob WinterRobert 'Bob' Winter is the Lord Provost of Glasgow. He was first elected a Labour councillor on Glasgow City Council in 1999, serving the Summerston ward. In 2007, he was re-elected as one of four councillors for Ward 15, which includes Maryhill and the Kelvin area of Glasgow's West End...
- Semi final, 3:48.35 min (did not advance)
Women's 1500 metres:
- Adriënne Herzog - Semi final, 4:11.16 min (PB, did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres:
- Gert-Jan LiefersGert-Jan LiefersGerrit Jan 'Gert-Jan' Liefers is a Dutch middle distance runner, who came 8th in the 1500 m final at the 2004 Olympics. He was also a finalist in the same event in the 2001 and 2003 World Championships....
- Final, 13:58.70 min (8th place)
Women's 10,000 metres:
- Lornah KiplagatLornah KiplagatLornah Kiplagat is a Dutch long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands since...
- Final, 30:37.26 min (SB, 5th place) - Selma BorstSelma BorstSelma Borst is a Dutch runner.-Career highlights:European ChampionshipsDutch National ChampionshipsSelma Borst is a Dutch runner.-Career highlights:...
- Final, 32:41.12 min (PB, 19th place)
Men's marathon:
- Luc KrotwaarLuc KrotwaarLuc Krotwaar is a Dutch long-distance runner, who is nicknamed 'The White Kenyan'. In the spring of 2003 Krotwaar ran 2:19.42 in the Rotterdam Marathon and only eight days later 2:13.41 in the Utrecht marathon.In the fall of 2003 he ran a personal best of 2:10.13 in Fukuoka...
- 2:12:44 hrs (4th place) - Kamiel MaaseKamiel MaaseKamiel Maase is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. He also holds the national record in the marathon, which he ran on 21 October 2007 in the Amsterdam Marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...
- 2:13:46 hrs (9th place) - Sander SchutgensSander SchutgensSander Schutgens is a Dutch runner.-Career highlights:European ChampionshipsDutch National Championships-Personal bests:-External links:*IAAF profile for...
- 2:17:11 hrs (PB, 19th place) - Hugo van den Broek - 2:17:25 hrs (22nd place)
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
- Marcel van der WestenMarcel van der WestenMarcel van der Westen is a Dutch hurdler and tax attorney.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the silver medal behind compatriot Gregory Sedoc.Van der Westen had previously competed at the 2005 World Championships and the...
- Round 1, 13.73 s (did not advance) - Gregory SedocGregory SedocGregory Sedoc is a Dutch hurdler.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the event, equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow-countryman Marcel van der...
- Semi final, DQ (did not advance)
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
- Simon VroemenSimon VroemenSimon Frans Vroemen is a Dutch runner, specialising in the steeplechase.Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the Wageningen University. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers...
- Final, DNS
Women's 3000 metre steeplechase:
- Andrea Deelstra - Semi final, 10:46.12 min (did not advance)
- Miranda Boonstra - Final, 10:20.01 min (12th place)
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
- Timothy BeckTimothy BeckTimothy Beck is a Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Patrick van Balkom and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics...
, Caimin DouglasCaimin DouglasCaimin Christian Douglas is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Douglas was born in Rosmalen, out of a Dutch mother and an Antillean father. At the age of five the family returned to his father's roots in Curaçao. There he played football from the age of 11 for his local team in Willemstad and the...
, Guus HoogmoedGuus HoogmoedGuus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....
, and Patrick van LuijkPatrick van LuijkPatrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Patrick van Luijk was born in 1984 out of a Dutch mother and a Jamaican father. Sports have always been the most important hobby of Van Luijk and he started with football at an early age for local team FC Bakestijn...
- 39.64 (8th place)
Men's high jump:
- Jan-Peter Larsen - Qualification, 2.05 metres (did not advance)
- Wilbert PenningsWilbert PenningsWilbert Bernard Roger Pennings is a Dutch high jumper. He is a thirteen-time Dutch champion and holds the national indoor and outdoor records....
- Final, 2.20 metres (12th place)
Men's pole vault:
- Laurens LooijeLaurens LooijeLaurens Christiaan Looije is a Dutch pole vaulter, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
- Final, 5.50 metres (8th place) - Christian Tamminga - Final, 5.40 metres (15th place)
Women's pole vault:
- Rianna Galiart - Qualification, 4.00 metres (did not advance)
Women's long jump:
- Karin RuckstuhlKarin RuckstuhlKarin Nathalie Ruckstuhl is a Dutch heptathlete.-Biography:Her first major championship was the 2002 European Athletics Championships and she finished 13th in the heptathlon...
- Qualification, 6.29 metres (did not advance)
Men's shot put:
- Rutger SmithRutger SmithRutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...
- Final, 20.90 metres (4th place)
Women's shot put:
- Denise Kemkers - Qualification, 15.98 metres (did not advance)
Men's discus:
- Rutger SmithRutger SmithRutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...
- Final, 64.46 metres (7th place)
Men's decathlon:
- Eugène MartineauEugène Martineau (athlete)Eugène Julien Martineau is a Dutch decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
- 8035 points (11th place)
Women's heptathlon:
- Karin RuckstuhlKarin RuckstuhlKarin Nathalie Ruckstuhl is a Dutch heptathlete.-Biography:Her first major championship was the 2002 European Athletics Championships and she finished 13th in the heptathlon...
- 6423 points (NR, silver medal)