Veerle Dejaeghere

Veerle Dejaeghere (born 1 August 1973, in Izegem) is a Belgian runner, who has specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008.^[1]

Veerle Dejaeghere

Dejaeghere at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Born	(1973-08-01) 1 August 1973 (age 51) Izegem
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country	Belgium
Club	A.C. Hulshout
Now coaching	Michel Ramboer
Achievements and titles
Personal best	9:28.47 min (2007)

Dejaeghere formerly specialized in the 1500 metres, reaching the semi-final in this event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

She has been very successful in the Lotto Cross Cup (Belgium's domestic cross country series), having won the series overall a total of 13 times, including 11 consecutive wins from 2004 to 2014.^[2] This included a win at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels in 2007, in which she finished ahead of Lornah Kiplagat and Emebt Etea.^[3] She has also won twice at the Eurocross meeting in Luxembourg.^[4]

Dejaeghere missed most of the 2009 and 2010 seasons. She was the runner-up at the Campaccio race in January 2011,^[5] but did not compete again until November's Lotto Cross Cup van West-Vlaanderen, where she was again runner-up (this time behind Yuliya Ruban).^[6]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belgium
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th	3000 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	9th	3000 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	3000 m s'chase
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th	3000 m s'chase

Personal bests

• 1500 metres⁣ – 4:05.05 min (2002)
• Mile run⁣ – 4:29.93 min (2003)
• 3000 metres⁣ – 8:49.31 min (2000)
• 3000 metres steeplechase⁣ – 9:28.47 min (2007)
• 5000 metres⁣ – 15:19.73 min (2005)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veerle Dejaeghere". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
2. Palmares (in French). Lotto Cross Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
3. Hendrix, Ivo & Monti, David (23 December 2007). Veerle Dejaeghere and Paul Kipsiele Koech score emphatic wins in Iris Lotto Cross Cup in Brussels – UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
4. Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (28 February 2009). Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
5. Diego Sampaolo (6 January 2011). Ebuya and Kalovics take Campaccio Cross Country win. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-15.
6. Belgium's Bekele gets impressive home win in Roeselare . European Athletics (28 November 2011). Retrieved on 2011-12-01.

External links

• Veerle Dejaeghere at World Athletics
• Veerle Dejaeghere at Olympedia