Imke Vervaet

Imke Vervaet

Vervaet in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1993-04-11) 11 April 1993 (age 32) Ghent, Belgium
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Belgium World Championships 2025 Tokyo 4×400 m mixed European Championships 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay 2024 Rome 4×400 m mixed European Indoor Championships 2025 Apeldoorn 4×400 m mixed

Imke Vervaet (born 11 April 1993) is a Belgian athlete. ^[1] She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics as a 200 metres runner and as a member of the Belgian women's 4x400 metres and mixed 4x400 metres relay teams. She also participated at multiple World and European Athletics championships, indoor and outdoor, individually and as a member of the 4x400 metres relay teams. She was national champion in the women's 200 metres in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024.

Career

2019

She ran in the heats of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar qualifying with the Belgium team for the final and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[2] [3]} Later that week, she also ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event, finishing 5th in the final and again qualifying with the team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. ^{[4] [5]} In between, she also ran a personal best of 23.24s in the heats of the women's 200 metres event but missed out on the semi-finals. ^[6]

2020

In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's long jump event at the 2020 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Ghent, Belgium. ^[7]

2021

In May 2021, at the World Athletics Relays in Chorzów, Poland, she was on the team that qualified Belgium for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA. ^[8]

Having qualified for the women's 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings, she finished 4th in her round 1 heat, setting a personal best of 23.05s, ^[9] and proceeded to the semi-finals where she finished 7th and was eliminated. ^[10] She also ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium team finishing 7th in the final ^[11] as well as in the heats and final of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium team finishing 5th in the final. ^[12]

2022

In March 2022, she ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia finishing 6th in the final. ^[13] In July 2022 she ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon again finishing 6th in the final. ^{[14] [15]} She also participated in the women's 200 metres but was eliminated in the heats. ^[16] Barely a month later, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany finishing 2nd and qualifying the Belgian team for the final but was replaced in the final. ^[17]

2023

In August 2023, she ran in the heats and final of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary finishing 5th in the final. ^[18] And as in 2022, she ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary also finishing 5th in the final, one place better than in 2022. ^[19]

2024

In March 2024, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, helping the team to qualify for the final. ^[20] In May 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. ^{[21] [22]} 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 European Athletics Championships. ^[23] Having qualified for the women's 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings, ^[24] she finished 7th in her round 1 heat and was eliminated in the repechages. ^{[25] [26]} She also ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium team finishing 7th in the final. ^[27]

2025

In February 2025, she set an indoor Belgian national of 23.01s on the 200 metres, breaking her own record dating from February 2023. ^[28] In March, she won a silver medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands as a member of Belgium's 4×400 m mixed relay team. ^{[29] [30]}

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 22.85 (Maribor 2025)
• 400 metres – 50.86 (Maribor 2025)

Indoor

• 200 metres – 23.01 (Gent 2025)
• 400 metres – 51.94 (Apeldoorn 2025)

References

1. "Imke Vervaet". IAAF. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
2. "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. "Team gemengde 4x400m met BR naar finale én Olympische Spelen". www.atni.be (in Dutch). 28 September 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
4. "Mondiaux d'athlétisme: les Belgian Cheetahs brisent le record de Belgique et se qualifient pour la finale" (in French). Le Soir. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
5. "Belgian Cheetahs snellen naar 5e plaats in eerste WK-finale" (in Dutch). Sporza. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
6. "200 Metres Women". World Athletics . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
7. "Women's long jump". 2020 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
8. "WORLD RELAYS: PERFECT RAPPORT MET DRIE FINALES". www.atletiek.be (in Dutch). 2 May 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
9. "Imke Vervaet verpulvert persoonlijk record en staat in halve finales 200 meter". www.atni.be (in Dutch). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
10. "The XXXII Olympic Games - Women's 200 Metres". World Athletics . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
11. "The XXXII Olympic Games - Women's 4x400 Metres Relay". World Athletics . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
12. "The XXXII Olympic Games - Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay". World Athletics . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
13. "World Athletics Indoor Championships, Beograd 2022 - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
14. "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
15. "Belgian Tornados halen brons op 4x400 meter, Cheetahs zesde" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
16. "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 - 200 Metres women". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
17. "European Athletics Championships - Olympiastadion, München (GER) - Women's 4x400 Metres Relay". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
18. "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023 - 4x400 Metres Relay mixed". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
19. "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023 - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
20. "World Athletics Indoor Championships - Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (GBR) - 4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
21. "World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100" (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
22. "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
23. "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
24. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
25. "WOMEN'S 200M ROUND 1 RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
26. "WOMEN'S 200M REPECHAGE ROUND RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
27. "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY FINAL RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
28. "Imke Vervaet verpulvert haar eigen Belgisch record op de 200 meter" [Imke Vervaet smashes her own Belgian record in the 200 meters] (in Dutch). Sporza. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
29. "Femke Bol inspires Dutch to historic 4x400m mixed relay title at Apeldoorn 2025". European Athletic Association. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
30. "ZILVER! Gemengde estafetteploeg schenkt België meteen medaille op openingsdag EK indoor" [SILVER! Mixed relay team immediately awards Belgium with medal on opening day of European Indoor Championships] (in Dutch). Sporza. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

External links

• Imke Vervaet at World Athletics
• Imke Vervaet at Diamond League
• Imke Vervaet at Olympics.com
• Imke Vervaet at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
• Imke Vervaet at Olympedia