Jacques Borlée
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Jacques Borlée (born 27 September 1957) is a former Belgian athlete, and the father and coach of athletes Kevin, Jonathan, Dylan Borlée and Olivia Borlée. He was voted European Athletics Coach of the Year in 2011.
Jacques Borlée was born in Stanleyville, in the Belgian Congo, in 1957, three years before the independence of the country. His father was the last Belgian governor of the Kivu province. The family moved to Brussels in Belgium in 1960. Jacques Borlée married Edith de Maertelaere, a former Belgian champion over 200m runner. They have five children together. Jacques Borlée also has two children from a second marriage.
Jacques Borlée was a sprinter, specializing in 100m, 200m and 400m, winning eight Belgian titles in total. He was Belgian champion over 100m in 1981 and 1983, Belgian champion over 200m in 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984, Belgian champion over 400m in 1982, and Belgian champion over 400m hurdles in 1977. In 1983, he won a silver medal at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Budapest over 200m. In 1980, he competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, reaching the quarterfinals of the 400 meters. At the 1978 European Athletics Championships in Prague he ended fifth as part of the 4 × 400 m relay team. At the 1982 European Athletics Championships in Athens, he ended fifth in his first round race over 400m.
His personal record over 400m is 45.4 seconds, set in 1979.
Jacques Borlée is the coach of four of his children, the twins Kevin and Jonathan, their brother Dylan and their sister Olivia. He also coaches the men's 4x400 relay team. On 4 October 2011, he was voted the European coach of the year.
Athletes he coached won medals at major championships. His daughter Olivia won a silver medal as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in a new Belgian record time. The Belgian 4 × 400 m relay team, including his two sons Kevin and Jonathan, ended fifth at the same games, also setting a new national record in that race.
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