Dylan Borlée in 2016 |
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Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
Representing Belgium | ||
World Relay Championships | ||
2015 Nassau | 4×400 m relay | |
European Championships | ||
2016 Amsterdam | 4x400 m relay | |
European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
2015 Prague | 4×400 m relay | |
2015 Prague | 400 metres | |
2017 Belgrade | 4×400 m relay |
Dylan Borlée (born 20 September 1992) is a Belgian track and field sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. He holds a personal best of 45.57 seconds for the event. He was the silver medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015.
He has also represented Belgium at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Relays as part of the national 4×400 metres relay team.
Born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, he is part of the Borlée family which is prominent in Belgian athletics and includes his sister Olivia and his older brothers, twins Kevin and Jonathan Borlée. All are coached by their father Jacques Borlée, who was himself a European medallist in the sport.
He made his international debut at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships, competing in the 4×400 metres relay team, which finished sixth. He began to establish himself as a senior athlete in the 2013 season. First, he secured a relay silver medal with Belgium at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships. After setting a 400 m personal best of 45.80 seconds for second place at the Belgian Championships in July, he was selected for Belgium relay team at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, alongside his brothers and Will Owoye. The team made the final and finished in fifth overall with a time of 3:01.02 minutes. The Jeux de la Francophonie the following month saw him make his first international appearance for Wallonia. He placed fifth in the individual 400 m and was a silver medallist in the relay alongside Robin Vanderbemden, Antoine Gillet and Owoye.