Christophe Impens (born 9 December 1969 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who competed in middle-distance events. He represented his country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. His biggest success is the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:34.13 (Brussels 1996) NR * One Mile – 3:55.75 (Brussels 1993) Indoor *

– 3:38.01 (Ghent 1997) * One Mile – 3:54.13 (Ghent 1997) NR *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 7:49.43 (Ghent 1996)

References

1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Ghent Belgian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub