Alexander Doom

Alexander Doom
nation	Belgium
birthday	25th April 1997 (age 23)
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	46.43 s
Trainer	Christ Doom, Philip Gilson
status	active
last change: May 30, 2020

Alexander Doom (born April 25, 1997 ) is a Belgian sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Alexander Doom gained his first international experience in 2013 when he won the gold medal over 400 meters in 47.93 seconds at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF). In 2015 he took part in the Belgian 4 x 400 meter relay at the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna , where he finished fifth in 3: 14.12 min, while at the U20 World Championships the following year in Bydgoszcz he finished with 3: Eliminated 10.78 min in the lead. In 2017, he retired from the U23 European Championships there with 48.52 seconds in the first round and finished fifth in the relay in 3: 06.45 minutes. Two years later he reached the semi-finals of the U23 European Championships in Gävle in the individual competition and was disqualified there and he could not finish the final race with the relay.

In 2017 and 2020 Doom became Belgian indoor champion in the 400-meter run.

Personal best

• 400 meters: 46.43 s on June 15, 2019 in Geneva
  • 400 meters (hall): 47.63 s, February 16, 2020 in Ghent

Web links

• Alexander Doom in the database of World Athletics (English)