André Dehertoghe

André Clement Paul Dehertoghe (born June 19, 1941 in Leuven , died on August 25, 2016 Ibid) was a Belgian athlete who once reached an Olympic final and twice a European championship final in the 1,500 meter run .

Dehertoghe started for the Daring Club Leuven Atletiek in Leuven, where he trained with Edmond Vanden Eynde . In 1960 he won the Belgian youth championship in the 3000-meter run, the following year he won the cross-country run and the 1500-meter run. In 1962 he won his first title in the adult class with the 4-by-800-meter relay of his club. From 1963 to 1966 he won four times with the 4 x 1500 meter relay, with André Dehertoghe being penultimate runner in front of Gaston Roelants in the first two years , in 1965 and 1966 he took over the baton from Roelants as the final runner; In 1963, 1964 and 1965 his brother Francis Dehertoghe was also part of the squadron. In 1966 Dehertoghe won the Belgian championship in the 800-meter run , at the European championships in Budapest he started over 1500 meters. After winning his preliminary run in 3: 40.8 minutes, he was able to take sixth place in the final in 3: 44.3 minutes. In 1967 and then three times from 1969 to 1971, Dehertoghe won the Belgian championship in the 1,500 meter run. In 1968 he set his personal best with 3: 37.1 minutes. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he reached the final and finished eleventh. The following year he ran at the European Championships in Athens in 3: 40.9 minutes to fifth place. In 1971 at the European Championships in Helsinki , he missed the finals as fifth in his preliminary run. A year later he also took fifth place in the preliminary run at the Olympic Games in Munich .

In his training group he orientated himself on the two world record holders Roelants and Emiel Puttemans , for whom he was a reliable pacemaker with their world records. Due to the many cross-country runs in winter (mostly over distances of approx. 8 km), his training was based on longer tempo runs.

With a height of 1.72 m, his competition weight was 58 kg. He was married to Annie Lambrechts , the 19-time world champion in roller skating speed skating and world record holder over 20 km, 30 km and 50 km. He was a police officer by profession and was once the European Police Champion of the Union Sportive des Polices d'Europe .

Web links

André Dehertoghe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Belgian athletics championships

Footnotes

↑ In sports-reference, the month of birth is given as July, the information June comes from his brother Francis.
^ Atletiek - André De Hertoghe overleden , Nieuwsblad, August 29, 2016; accessed on February 14, 2017.
↑ According to the homepage of his club, Francis was only part of the championship season in 1964 and 1965
↑ http://www.atletiek.vlaanderen/nieuws/in-memoriam-andre-dehertoghe on . March 16, 2017
↑ Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to Olympia. The changes in training systems for medium and long distance runners (1850–1997). In: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sporting performance in change . Czwalina, Hamburg 1998, pp. 41-56.

personal data
SURNAME	Dehertoghe, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	De Hertoghe, André; Dehertoghe, André Clement Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lions
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 2016
Place of death	Lions

[1] In sports-reference, the month of birth is given as July, the information June comes from his brother Francis.

[2] Atletiek - André De Hertoghe overleden , Nieuwsblad, August 29, 2016; accessed on February 14, 2017.

[3] According to the homepage of his club, Francis was only part of the championship season in 1964 and 1965

[4] ttp://www.atletiek.vlaanderen/nieuws/in-memoriam-andre-dehertoghe on . March 16, 2017

[5] Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to Olympia. The changes in training systems for medium and long distance runners (1850–1997). In: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sporting performance in change . Czwalina, Hamburg 1998, pp. 41-56.