Gert-Jan Liefers
Gert-Jan Liefers (actually: Gerrit-Jan Liefers ; born September 26, 1978 in Apeldoorn ) is a Dutch medium and long-distance runner .
At the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, he was eliminated over 1500 m in the preliminary run, and at the 2000 World Cross Country Championships he came in 41st place on the short distance.
The following year he was ninth over 1500 m at the World Championships in Edmonton , and in 2003 he was sixth over 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and seventh over 1500 m at the World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis .
In 2004 he was again sixth over 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest and eighth over 1500 m at the Olympic Games in Athens . At the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 , he was eighth over 5000 m .
So far he has been five times Dutch champion over 1500 m (1996-1999, 2004), once over 5000 m (2006) and four times in cross-country running on the short distance (2001, 2003, 2004, 2008). In the hall he won the national title once over 1500 m (1998) and twice over 3000 m (1996, 2004).
Gert-Jan Liefers is 1.87 m tall and weighs 74 kg. He starts for the AV 34 Apeldoorn.
Personal bests
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800 m : 1: 45.47 min, June 14, 1998, Leiden
- Hall: 1: 48.01 min, February 1, 1998, Stuttgart
- 1500 m: 3: 32.89 min, August 24, 2001, Brussels (Dutch record)
- Hall: 3: 37.49 min, February 22, 2004, Birmingham (Dutch record)
- 1 mile : 3: 51.39 min, June 1, 2003, Hengelo (Dutch record)
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2000 m : 4: 56.56 min, August 31, 2001, Berlin (Dutch record)
- Hall: 5: 01.37 min, February 21, 2003, Birmingham (Dutch record)
- 3000 m: 7: 37.48 min, May 29, 2005, Hengelo (Dutch record)
- Hall: 7: 44.34 min, March 16, 2003, Birmingham (Dutch record)
- 5000 m: 13: 22.26 min, June 14, 2005, Lucerne
Web links
- Gert-Jan Liefers in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at the Atletiekunie
- Gert-Jan Liefers in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Liefers, Gert-Jan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liefers, Gerrit-Jan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch middle and long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Apeldoorn |