{{short description|Belgian long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Koen Naert | image = Berlin-Marathon 2015 Runners 9.jpg | image_size = | caption = Naert at the 2015 Berlin Marathon | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|3 September 1989}} | birth_place = Roeselare, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = | sport = Athletics | event = | pb = {{unbulleted list |'''Half marathon:''' 61:42 (Valencia 2018) |'''Marathon:''' 2:06:56 (Rotterdam 2023) }} | club = | coach = | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018 Berlin|Marathon}} }}
'''Koen Naert''' (born 3 September 1989) is a Belgian athlete who specializes in cross-country and long-distance running.
Naert finished seventh at the 2015 Berlin Marathon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/art/1384424/article/2015-09-27/ |title=Marathon de Berlin: victoire du Kényan Eliud Kipchoge, Koen Naert (7e) et Florent Caelen (17e) avec d'excellents chronos |publisher=lameuse.be |date=27 September 2015 |access-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> and 13th at the 2015 Hamburg Marathon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/atletiek/1.2317748 |title=Drie Belgen duiken onder OS-limiet op marathon |publisher=Sporza.be |date=26 April 2015 |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217120517/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/atletiek/1.2317748 |archive-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018, he won the gold medal in the marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin with 2:09:51 for a championship record. His personal best of 2:06:56 comes from the 2023 Rotterdam Marathon, where he placed sixth.
In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.<ref name="men_half_marathon_championships_2020">{{Cite web|title=Men's Half Marathon|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1990771859|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017121310/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1990771859|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=17 October 2020|website=2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships}}</ref>
As a marathon runner, he represented Belgium in 3 successive Summer Olympic Games, finishing in 22nd place in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 August 2016|title=Koen Naert wordt knap 22e in olympische marathon|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20160821_02432911|access-date=23 August 2024|website=De Standaard|language=nl}}</ref> in 10th place in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan,<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2021|title=Bashir Abdi doet er een zevende medaille bij! Belg pakt brons op marathon, Koen Naert knap 10de|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210808_93359026|access-date=23 August 2024|website=Het Nieuwsblad|language=nl}}</ref> and, after an offday, in 61st place in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 August 2024|title=Koen Naert beleeft offday op olympische marathon: "Heb er geen verklaring voor"|url=https://www.hardloopnieuws.nl/koen-naert-beleeft-offday-op-olympische-marathon-heb-er-geen-verklaring-voor/|access-date=23 August 2024|website=www.hardloopnieuws.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
==Statistics== ===International competition=== {| {{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yes}} |- ! colspan="6" | Representing {{BEL}} |- |2008 |European Cross Country Championships |Brussels, Belgium |35th |U20 Men Individual |19:35 |- |2009 |European Cross Country Championships |Dublin, Ireland |40th |U23 Men Individual |26:26 |- |2010 |European Cross Country Championships |Albufeira, Portugal |39th |U23 Men Individual |25:22 |- |rowspan=2|2011 |European U23 Championships |Ostrava, Czech Republic |6th |10000 m |29:18.73 |- |European Cross Country Championships |Velenje, Slovenia |14th |U23 Men Individual |24:05 |- |2012 |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |11th |10000 m |29:02.08 |- |rowspan=2|2013 |European Team Championships |Dublin, Ireland |6th |3000 m |8:20.63 |- |European Cross Country Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |9th |Senior Men Individual |29:54 |- |rowspan=2|2014 |European Team Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |14:16.51 |- |European Championships |Zurich, Switzerland |11th |10000 m |29:04.87 |- |rowspan=3|2015 |Hamburg Marathon |Hamburg, Germany |13th |Marathon |2:13:39 |- |Berlin Marathon |Berlin, Germany |7th |Marathon |2:10:31 |- |European Cross Country Championships |Hyères, France |28th |Senior Men Individual |30:54 |- |rowspan=3|2016 |Great Birmingham Run |Birmingham, United Kingdom |bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |Half Marathon |1:04:24 |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |22nd |Marathon |2:14:53 |- |Frankfurt Marathon |Frankfurt, Germany |8th |Marathon |2:12:27 |- |rowspan=2|2017 |Rotterdam Marathon |Rotterdam, Netherlands |10th |Marathon |2:10:16 |- |New York City Marathon |New York City, United States |8th |Marathon |2:13:21 |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World Half Marathon Championships |Valencia, Spain |22nd |Half Marathon |1:01:42 |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |bgcolor=gold|1st |Marathon |2:09:51 |- |rowspan=2|2019 |Rotterdam Marathon |Rotterdam, Netherlands |7th |Marathon |2:07:39 |- |Fukuoka Marathon |Fukuoka, Japan |17th |Marathon |2:15:51 |- |2020 |World Half Marathon Championships |Gdynia, Poland |73rd |Half Marathon |1:03:44 |- |rowspan=2|2021 |Olympic Games |Sapporo, Japan |10th |Marathon |2:12:13 |- |Valencia Marathon |Valencia, Spain |18th |Marathon |2:08:41 |- |2022 |European Championships |Munich, Germany |8th |Marathon |2:11:28 |- |rowspan=2|2023 |Rotterdam Marathon |Rotterdam, Netherlands |6th |Marathon |2:06:56 |- |New York City Marathon |New York City, United States |5th |Marathon |2:10:25 |- |2024 |Olympic Games |Paris, France |61st |Marathon |2:16:55 |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |17th |Marathon |2:12:52 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Team Belgium|Koen-Naert-192}} * {{Olympics.com profile|koen-naert}} * {{Olympedia}}
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