Borlée at the 2011 World Athletics Championships.
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Belgium |
Born |
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert |
22 February 1988
Residence | Tallahassee, Florida |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 400 metres |
College team | Florida State University |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
100 m: 10.62 s (Beveren 2007) |
Medal record
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100 m: 10.62 s (Beveren 2007)
200 m: 20.84 s (Oordegem 2009)
Kevin Borlée (French pronunciation: [kevin bɔʁle]; born 22 February 1988, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert) is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.
Borlée won bronze at the 2011 World Championships in the 400m. He was also a semi-finalist at both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships, and is the 2010 European Champion on this distance.
Kevin also takes part in the Belgian 4 × 400 m relay team. The team finished 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 4th at the 2009 World Championships. The team won silver at the 2010 World Indoor Championships and bronze at the 2010 European Championships.
He qualified for the finals of the 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics.