Michaël Bultheel

Michaël Bultheel

Michaël Bultheel in 2010
Personal information
Born (1986-06-30) June 30, 1986
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country  Belgium
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles

Michaël Bultheel (born 30 June 1986 in Ypres) is a Belgian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 400 metres hurdles, making it to the semifinals, and ran anchor leg for Belgium in the 4 × 400 m relay finals, placing sixth. He set a then personal best at London 2012 of 49.10, which he improved in 2015 to 49.04.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Belgium
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 14th (sf) 400 m hurdles 52.21
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 14th (h) 400 m hurdles 52.06
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 400 m hurdles 49.79
World Championships Berlin, Germany 19th (h) 400 m hurdles 49.67
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.60
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 400 m hurdles 54.39
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.98
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.10
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.83
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 12th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.62
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.60
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 22nd (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.66

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