Michaël Bultheel (born 30 June 1986 in

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) is a retired Belgian athlete, who specialised in the

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. At the

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, he competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles, making it to the semifinals, and ran anchor leg for Belgium in the

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finals, placing sixth. He set a then-personal best at London 2012 of 49.10, which he improved in 2015 to 49.04.

Competition record

References

1986 births Living people Belgian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Ypres KU Leuven alumni FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Belgium 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub