Naomi Van Den Broeck (born 3 January 1996) is a Belgian sprinter. She represented Belgium at the

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2021, competing in women's 4 × 400 metres relay. In 2024, at the

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, she was on the team that qualified Belgium for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the

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, France. And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the

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Personal life

Van Den Broeck was born in Belgium to a Senegalese mother and Belgian father. As a youth, she grew up in Belgium, South Africa, Jamaica, Ireland and Norway.

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* 1996 births Living people Belgian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic athletes for Belgium 21st-century Belgian women 21st-century Belgian people Belgian people of Senegalese descent Black Belgian sportspeople Belgian expatriates in Norway Sportspeople from Antwerp {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub