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Albert "Bert" van Vlaanderen (born 25 November 1964 in
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) is a retired
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from the
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Biography

Van Vlaanderen participated in two
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. At the 1992 Olympic Marathon in
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he finished in fifteenth position with a time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds. Four years later in
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Van Vlaanderen ended the marathon in 45th place, clocking 2:20.48. His best performance was the
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at the 1993 World Championships in
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.


Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise


References

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Dutch Olympic Committee
1964 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Dutch male long-distance runners Dutch male marathon runners Olympic athletes of the Netherlands People from Vianen World Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Utrecht (province) {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub