Robert "Bob" Verbeeck (born 5 August 1960 in

Tessenderlo Tessenderlo (; li, Loei) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp meet at the front gate of the Averbode Abbey. The municipality Tessenderlo encompass ...

) is a retired

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long-distance runner. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

reaching the semifinals of the 5000 metres. He studied economics at the

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and nowadays is the CEO of a sports marketing agency, Golazo.Stima Congress bio
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International competitions

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 3:36.96 (Woluwe 1984) * One mile – 3:57.98 (Luxembourg 1983) * 3000 metres – 7:47.22 (Rome 1984) * 5000 metres – 13:24.73 (Kessel-Lo 1984) Indoor * One mile – 3:57.81 (Cosford 1985) * 3000 metres – 7:55.94 (Paris 1985)

References

All-Athletics profile
1960 births Living people Belgian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub