Gregory Sedoc (born 16 October 1981 in Amsterdam,

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

) is a Dutch hurdler.

Career

He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

, and won the event, equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow-countryman

Marcel van der Westen Marcel van der Westen (born 1 August 1976 in Laren, North Holland) is a retired Dutch hurdler. He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the silver medal behind compatri ...

by 0.01 second. Commenting on the win, Sedoc stated that "this is so ridiculous. Unbelievable. I never thought I would be able to become European champion... Getting a one-two in the final has never happened to the Netherlands before and it's fantastic." Sedoc followed this up with a silver medal at the

2009 European Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

. He had previously competed at the European Championships in

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and

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, the World Championships in

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and

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and the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, as well as numerous European Indoor (

) and World Indoor Championships (

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), without ever reaching the final. Since 2007, he has competed at the

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and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, reaching the semifinals both times, as well as the

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and 2011 World Championships, and the

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and 2014 European Championships, reaching the final in 2012. His personal best time over

110 m hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurd ...

is 13.37 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Hengelo.

Personal life

Sedoc grew up in a family of athletes. His father Roy Sedoc is a Dutch former athlete who became multiple Dutch champion in the long jump and triple jump disciplines. His brothers Jermaine, Randy are also athletes, and another brother,

Valery Sedoc Valery Sedoc (born 4 September 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He most notably played for Eredivisie club Groningen between 2003 and 2006, making 7 appearances. Career Sedoc grew up in a family of athletes. His father Roy Sedoc ...

, is a former professional footballer for

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

Dutch Championships

;Event ;Indoor

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Dutch male hurdlers Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Athletes from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub