Guus Hoogmoed

Guus Hoogmoed at the 2007 national championships

Guus Hoogmoed (born September 27, 1981 in Utrecht ) is a former Dutch sprinter .

At the World Athletics Championships in 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis, he was used in the run-up to the 4 x 100 meter relay and thus contributed to winning the bronze medal for the Dutch team.

In 2005 he was fourth over 200 m at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid . At the World Cup in Helsinki he reached the quarter-finals over 100 m and 200 m. In 2006 he retired from the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg over 200 m in the semi-finals and came in eighth place with the Dutch 4 x 100 meter relay.

At the 2007 World Cup in Osaka, he reached the quarter-finals. In 2008 he was part of the Dutch relay, which was disqualified in the final at the Olympic Games in Beijing due to a faulty change.

Four times in a row he was Dutch champion over 200 m, in 2005 and 2007 also over 100 m. In the hall he won the national title twice in the 60 m (2006, 2008) and the 200 m (2005, 2012).

Top performances

• 60 m (hall): 6.74 s, February 3, 2008, Dour
• 100 m: 10.15 s, June 23, 2007, Vaasa (former Dutch record)
• 200 m: 20.48 s, July 1st 2007, Amsterdam
  • Hall: 20.81 s, March 5, 2005, Madrid
• 400 m : 47.13 s, August 9, 2003, Utrecht

Web links

Commons : Guus Hoogmoed  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Guus Hoogmoed in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Guus Hoogmoed in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )