Bram Som

Bram Som

Personal information
Full name	Bram Som
Born	20 February 1980 (1980-02-20) Terborg, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m
Weight	67 kg
Medal record European Championships Gold 2006 Gothenburg 800 metres
Updated on 9 September 2009.

Bram Som (born 20 February 1980 in Terborg) is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000. Later that year he won the European championship.

Som participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2000 he was eliminated in the first round as his time of 1:48.58 was not enough to advance. Four years later he would reach the semi finals in which he came fifth with a time of 1:45.52.

Achievements

Som at the 2007 World Championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the Netherlands
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	5th	1.48.36
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	1.48.56
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	5th	1.47.00
2004	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	1.46.33
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st.	1.46.56
2006	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	1.45.13
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd.	1.47.10
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	1.45.86

Personal Best times

Distance	Time
100m	10.97
200m	21.56
400 m	46.55
600m	1:14.6
800m	1:43.45
1000m	2:17.01
1500m	3:46.08
10 km	31:01

External links

• IAAF profile for Bram Som
• http://www.bramsom.nl