Arnoud Okken

Last updated
Arnoud Okken
Image- Arnoud Okken.jpg
Okken in 2002
Personal information
Born (1982-04-20) 20 April 1982 (age 42)
Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 400m – 47.84 (2002)
800m – 1:45.64 (2001)
1000m – 2:17.30 (2010)
1500m – 3:37.46 (2002)
Mile - 4:07.52 (2002)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Birmingham 800 m
Updated on 24 May 2010

Arnoud Okken (born 20 April 1982 in Doetinchem) is a Dutch track and field athlete specialising in the 800 metres.

Contents

His first international victory came at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Commenting on the win, Okken stated that "my plan was to take the lead and keep away from any trouble. Fortunately, I managed to do this." [1] As Bram Som won the 2006 European Athletics Championships, the Netherlands held the European 800 m title both indoor and outdoor.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 5th800m 1:49.10
2001 Universiade Beijing, China 4th800m1:45.64 PB
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 5th800m 1:48.39
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 6th800m 1:48.71
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 5th800m 1:49.77
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 1st800m 1:47.92
2007Dutch National Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st800m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th800m 1:47.31

Personal bests

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gulnara Samitova-Galkina</span> Russian middle-distance runner

Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina is a Russian distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59 minutes. Early that year she won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lidia Chojecka</span> Polish middle-distance runner

Lidia Chojecka-Leandro is a retired Polish middle- and long-distance runner who mainly competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. She won bronze medals in the 1500 m at the 1997 and 1999 World Indoor Championships, and for the 3000 m at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Chojecka is a six-time European Indoor Championships medallist in the 1500 m and 3000 m events, earning three golds and three silvers. She took the double at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first runner, male or female, to win both events at the same championships. She had been one of the most consistent middle-distance runners in Europe throughout the 1990s, and finished fifth and sixth in back-to-back Olympic 1500 m finals in 2000 and 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juan Carlos Higuero</span> Spanish middle-distance runner

Juan Carlos Higuero Mate is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos.

Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortiz is a Spanish middle distance runner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrey Zadorozhniy</span> Russian middle-distance runner

Andrey Valeryevich Zadorozhniy is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. His sole major international medal was a bronze at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. He won five national titles in the 1500 m at the Russian Athletics Championships, between 1997 and 2002, and four national titles indoors, including had a 1500 m/3000 metres double at the 2003 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships.

James Nolan is an Irish athletics coach and a former international runner for the Republic of Ireland from 1996 until 2008. He was a two time Olympian who specialized in the 800 metres between 1996 and 2000 before changing to the 1500 metres later that year.

Iris María Fuentes-Pila Ortiz is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalya Panteleyeva</span> Russian middle-distance runner

Natalya Panteleyeva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ancuța Bobocel</span> Romanian middle-distance runner

Ancuța Bobocel is a Romanian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Romania at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and is a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics. In 2009, she won the European U23 and Jeux de la Francophonie steeplechase titles, as well as a silver at the Summer Universiade.

Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event.

Oksana Zbrozhek is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selina Rutz-Büchel</span> Swiss middle-distance runner

Selina Rutz-Büchel is a Swiss middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. She holds a personal best of 1:57.95 minutes for the event, which she set in 2015 in Paris.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thijmen Kupers</span> Dutch middle-distance runner

Thijmen Kupers is a Dutch middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susan Krumins</span> Dutch middle- and long-distance runner

Susan Krumins is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She was the 5000 metres bronze medalist at the 2014 European Athletics Championships and also won a 3000 metres bronze at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.

Kathleen Friedrich is a German former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She has a personal best of 4 minutes 4.27 seconds, as well as an 800 metres best of 2:01.45.

Lyubov Kremlyova is a Russian former middle- and long-distance runner who competed internationally both for the Soviet Union and Russia. She had her greatest success indoors, winning medals at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She was stripped of a second World Indoor medal in 1995 after a positive test for steroids.

Gabriela Sedláková is a former Czechoslovak track and field athlete who competed in the 800 metres. She was the silver medallist in that event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Earlier she had been European junior champion and World junior runner-up.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martina Steuk</span> German former track and field athlete (born 1959)

Martina Steuk is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She competed in the 800 metres and occasionally the 400 metres.

Vladimir Ponomaryov is a Russian former Soviet middle-distance runner. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was a seven-time Soviet national champion, four times outdoors.

References

  1. Turner, Chris (2007-03-04). "European lead garners Gardener fourth title - Euro Indoors, Day 3, PM – MEN". IAAF. Retrieved 2007-03-05.