Bram Som (born 20 February 1980, in

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) is a Dutch

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who specializes in the

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. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in

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, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000. Later that year he won the European championship. Som participated in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

as well as the

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. In 2000 he was eliminated in the first round as his time of 1:48.58 was not enough to advance. Four years later he would reach the semi finals in which he came fifth with a time of 1:45.52. He is currently an 800m pacemaker, as of the

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Achievements

Personal Best times

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* *http://www.bramsom.nl 1980 births Living people Dutch male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic athletes of the Netherlands People from Oude IJsselstreek Pacemakers Sportspeople from Gelderland 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub