Patrick van Balkom

Patrick van Balkom

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom
Born	14 September 1974 Waalwijk, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Netherlands World Championships 2003 Paris 4x100 m relay World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon 200 m Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca 200 m
Updated on 19 March 2008.

Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom (born September 14, 1974) is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With this same team he also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area.

Van Balkom also won a 200 metres bronze medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. On September 3, 2006 he ran his last race at the Arena Games in Hilversum.

Van Balkom was born in Waalwijk, North Brabant.

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.23 (1998)
• 200 metres – 20.36 (1999, 2000, 2001)
• 400 metres – 46.80 (2003)

External links

• Patrick van Balkom profile at IAAF