 Robin Hendrix in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Born | 14 January 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long-distance running |
Medal record | |
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.
Sonia O'Sullivan is an Irish former track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1995 World Championships, and a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games. Her 2000 m world record of 5:25.36, set in 1994 stood until 2017.
Augustine Kiprono Choge is a Kenyan middle distance and long distance runner.
Marcin Przemysław Lewandowski is a Polish retired middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and silver in the same event at the 2018 World Indoor Championships. At the European Athletics Championships, Lewandowski claimed gold in the 800 metres in 2010 and silvers in 2016 and 2018 for the 800 m and 1500 m respectively. He took also five medals at the European Indoor Championships, including three golds between 2015 and 2019, and two silvers in 2011 and 2021.
Hayle Ibrahimov is an Ethiopian-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, mainly competing in the disciplines of 3000 metres and 5000 metres. He holds the Azerbaijani records in both these events.
Daniele Meucci is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running who won twenty medals at international level.
Morhad Amdouni is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Andrew James Vernon is a British long-distance runner who specialised in the 5000 metres, the 10,000 metres on track and cross country running. After the 2018 commonwealth games and started to concentrate on the roads winning Manchester Half Marathon with the aim of doing a full marathon in 2019. Vernon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 10,000 metres. He has also competed in two Commonwealth Games, a World Indoor Championship and six World Cross Country Championships. Vernon is a two-time European Athletics Championship medallist and a Summer Universiade gold medallist. He currently competes for Aldershot, Farnham & District AC.
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal is a Norwegian middle-, long-distance and steeplechase runner. She is a European Championships gold medallist in half marathon, silver medallist in 5000 metres and bronze medallist in 10,000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase. Grøvdal is a four-time Olympian and represented Norway at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
Sebastián Martos Roa is a Spanish athlete specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented his country at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2014 European Championships and won the silver medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade. In 2017, he competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom.
Thijs Matthias Nijhuis is a Danish long-distance runner.
Konstanze "Koko" Klosterhalfen is a German middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2019 World Championship bronze medallist and 2022 European champion in the 5000 metres, becoming the first German medalist of the event at the World Athletics Championships and the first German winner of the event at the European Athletics Championships. At the European Indoor Championships, Klosterhalfen won silver medals for the 1500 metres in 2017 and the 3000 metres in 2019 and 2023. She took four individual medals at the European Cross Country Championships. In February 2020, she set a European indoor record in the 5000 m with 14:30.79, the fourth fastest time ever.
Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in 2022, and bronze in the 10,000 m in 2018. Crippa claimed four medals in the age-group races at the European Cross Country Championships and a bronze in the senior race in 2019.
Hanna Klein is a German middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and bronze for the 1500 metres at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. Klein finished fifth in the 1500 m at the 2022 European Championships. She took gold for the 5000 metres at the 2017 Universiade.
Selemon Barega Shirtaga is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, silver for the 5,000 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Selemon is a two-time 3,000 metres World Indoor Championship medallist, taking silver in 2018, and a gold in 2022.
Isaac Kimeli is a Kenyan born Belgian middle- and long-distance runner.
Karl Bebendorf is a German track and field athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships held in Rome, Italy. In 2019, he competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He did not qualify to compete in the final.
John Eamon Gay is a Canadian track and field Olympic Finalist who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Mikkel Dahl-Jessen is a Danish middle-distance and long-distance runner.
Oscar Chelimo is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal for the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Samuel Vila Barata is a Portuguese long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.
