Bram Som
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| Full name | Bram Som | ||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1980 Terborg, Netherlands | ||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| 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
Personal Best times
| Distance | Time |
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| 100m | 10.97 |
| 200m | 21.56 |
| 400 m | 46.55 |
| 600m | 1:14.4 |
| 800m | 1:43.45 |
| 1000m | 2:17.01 |
| 1500m | 3:42.75 |
| 10 km | 31:01 |
External links
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 800 metres | |
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Dutch male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic athletes of the Netherlands
- People from Oude IJsselstreek
- Dutch athletics biography stubs