 Robin Hendrix in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robin Hendrix (born 14 January 1995) [1] is a Belgian long-distance runner. He is the Belgian indoor record holder for the 5000 metres.
Hendrix won one national title.
Hendrix competed in the men's under-23 category at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships held in Šamorín, Slovakia. He finished in 7th place and he won the silver medal in the team race, alongside Simon Debognies and Michael Somers. The following year, he finished in 15th place in the senior men's race at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships held in Tilburg, Netherlands.
In 2018, he also competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. [2] He finished in 15th place. [2]
In 2019, he competed in the men's 3000 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland. He did not qualify to compete in the final. In the same year, he also competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy and he won the bronze medal. [3] He also competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [4] He did not qualify to compete in the final. [4]
In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres at the 2020 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Ghent, Belgium. [5] In 2021, he reached the final in the men's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland.
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