Rik Ceulemans
Rik Ceulemans (born September 14, 1972 in Hasselt ) is a former Belgian long-distance runner .
So far Ceulemans has won 13 national titles: one in cross-country running ( 2007) and four each in the half marathon (2003-2007), marathon (2002-2004, 2007) and mountain running (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007). His best half marathon time is 1:02:07 h, recorded on September 19, 2004 in Brussels , his marathon best time 2:13:42, achieved twelfth at the 2003 Amsterdam Marathon .
His greatest success so far is his victory at the Brussels Marathon in 2008, when he defeated the high favorite Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui in stormy conditions . Just two months earlier he finished third in the Siberian International Marathon (SIM) in Omsk. He finished his competitive sports career in 2009 with a successful second place in the Brussels Marathon.
Ceulemans is 1.76 meters tall and weighs 58 kg. He was trained by Luc Rutten and started for the Atletiekclub De Demer .
Web links
- Personal website (Dutch)
- Rik Ceulemans in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait at the Vlaamse Atletiekliga
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Ceulemans wins Brussels Marathon ( Memento from October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). October 5, 2008
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=46412.html ( Memento from August 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ceulemans, Rik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hasselt |