Ben Broeders (born 21 June 1995) is a Belgian athlete specialising in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

. He won the gold medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships. In addition, he finished fourth at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

His personal bests in the event are 5.85 metres outdoors (Merzig 2022) and 5.82 metres indoors (Toruń 2023).

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* * * 1995 births Living people Belgian male pole vaulters Sportspeople from Leuven Belgian Athletics Championships winners Universiade bronze medalists for Belgium Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium European Games competitors for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub