Thomas Van der Plaetsen
Thomas Van der Plaetsen during the 2014 World Indoor Championships
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| Full name | Thomas Van der Plaetsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 December 1990 Ghent, Belgium |
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| Education | Ghent University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Decathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michael Van Der Plaetsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 8332 pts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Thomas Van der Plaetsen (born 24 December 1990 in Ghent) is a Belgian decathlete. His biggest achievements are winning the Gold Medal for Decathlon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, winning Bronze Medal for Heptathlon at the 2014 World Indoor Championships, and Gold Medal for Decathlon at the 2013 and 2015 Summer Universiade.
Outdoor
Indoor
In October 2014, it became known that during an unannounced doping control test in September 2014, Van der Plaetsen had tested positive for the hormone HCG. On 2 October 2014 Van der Plaetsen revealed that those heightened HCG levels were caused by up to then undiagnosed testicular cancer, for which he was then treated.
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