Английская Википедия:Gaston Roelants
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson Gaston, Baron Roelants (born 5 February 1937), is a Belgian former elite steeplechaser and cross country runner. He won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles in the 3000 m steeplechase and twice broke the world record.
Biography
Roelants finished fourth in the steeplechase at the 1960 Olympics, and after winning a bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships he successfully turned to longer distances, setting world records in the 20 km (58 minutes 6.2 seconds) and in the 1 hour race (20,664 m) that year. In 1972 he improved those records to 57 minutes 44.4 seconds and 20,878 meters. He won a silver (1969) and a bronze (1974) medal in European marathon races.[1][2] He was ranked the world's best steeplechaser five times, in 1962–1965 and 1967.[3]
Roelants also won four international cross country titles (1962, 1967, 1969 and 1972) with three second places between 1960 and 1975. His long career continued into his 40s. Later he won five world titles in the masters category and held the masters world record in the steeplechase for 27 years.[4]
A major Belgian road race is named after Roelants.[5][6]
References
Шаблон:Commons category Шаблон:Reflist
Шаблон:S-start Шаблон:S-ach Шаблон:Succession box Шаблон:S-end
Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions 3000 m Steeplechase Men Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions Belgium Men Шаблон:Footer Olympic Medalists Belgium Athletics Men Шаблон:Belgian National Sports Merit Award Шаблон:Footer European Champions 3000 m Steeplechase Men Шаблон:Footer International Cross Country Champions Men Шаблон:Japan Championships in Athletics men's steeplechase champions Шаблон:Golden Spike Belgium Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ Gaston Roelants Шаблон:Webarchive. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web. Sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- ↑ World Rankings By Nation — Men’s Steeple Шаблон:Webarchive. Track and Field News
- ↑ Masterstrack Records analysis, 2003.Шаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Gaston Roelants race review Шаблон:Webarchive. Sport.be. 20 December 2009.
- ↑ Sport. Brussels 10K Gaston Roelants. Brussels.be. Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Bierbeek
- Sportspeople from Flemish Brabant
- Belgian male middle-distance runners
- Belgian male long-distance runners
- Belgian male marathon runners
- Belgian male steeplechase runners
- Olympic male marathon runners
- Olympic male steeplechase runners
- Olympic athletes for Belgium
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- International Cross Country Championships winners
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Belgian Athletics Championships winners
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Barons of Belgium
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
