Hanne Claes (; born 4 August 1991) is a

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athlete specialising first in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

and later

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Career

She finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships in the 400 metres hurdles and

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

– 11.49 (+0.9 m/s, Heusden-Zolder 2012) *

– 23.26 (+0.7 m/s, Helsinki 2012) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 54.36 (Oordegem 2012) *

– 54.33 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2023) Indoor *

– 23.94 (Ghent 2011) *

– 54.34 (Ghent 2018)

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* * * * 1991 births Living people Belgian female sprinters Belgian female hurdlers Sportspeople from Leuven Belgian Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2015 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