Marcel van der Westen (born 1 August 1976 in
Laren,
North Holland) is a retired
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hurdler
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.
He reached his first international final at the
2007 European Indoor Championships in
60 metres hurdles, and won the
silver medal behind compatriot
Gregory Sedoc
Gregory Sedoc (born 16 October 1981 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch hurdler.
Career
He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the event, equalling his personal bes ...
. In 2008 he became
Amsterdam Sportsman of the year The Amsterdam Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year is an annual award given to sportspeople associated with Amsterdam (through birth or otherwise), organised since 1999 by the city's division for elite sport named Topsport Amsterdam in cooperatio ...
.
Van der Westen had previously competed at the
2005 World Championships and the
2006 European Championships, as well as numerous European Indoor (
2002,
2005) and World Indoor Championships (
2003,
2004,
2006), without ever reaching the final.
His personal best time over
110 m hurdles
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is 13.43 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in
Leiria.
He currently lives in
Weesp
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and works as a tax consultant.
Competition record
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1976 births
Living people
Dutch male hurdlers
Sportspeople from Laren, North Holland
Olympic athletes of the Netherlands
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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