Michel Butter
FullnameMichel Butter
Height1.76 m
Weight61 kg
Birth date5 November 1985 (age 40)
Birth placeBeverwijk, Netherlands
Pb1500 metres – 3:42.66 (2009)
3000 metres – 7:59.80 (2009)
5000 metres – 13:37.33 (2009)
10,000 metres – 28:52.58 (2009)
10 km – 28:48.00 (2008)
10 miles – 48:47.00 (2007)
half marathon – 1:03.17 (2008)
Years active2000-present
Updated9 September 2009

Michel Butter (born 5 November 1985) is a Dutch long-distance runner.

He was the silver medallist over 10,000 metres at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships and represented his country at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, coming ninth in the senior men's race. Butter was the winner of the Tilburg Warandeloop in 2008 and won the half marathon at the 2009 Berenloop road race. He was 16th in the race at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships.

He made his marathon debut at the 2011 Utrecht Marathon and won on his first attempt with a time of 2:17:35 hours. The race was reduced to a national level event that year as prize money was directly solely to Dutch runners.[1] He significantly improved his best time at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, where his time of 2:12:59 hours brought him the Dutch national title and 15th position overall.[2] At the 2012 Boston Marathon, he was seventh and the top European in a race slowed by hot conditions.[3] In the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, he took 12th place, in a new personal best of 2:09:58 hours.

Career highlights

International achievements

Representing the
2003European Cross Country ChampionshipsEdinburgh, Scotland67thJunior men individual 6.595 km22:30
2004European Cross Country ChampionshipsHeringsdorf, Germany70thJunior men individual 5.64 km17:37
2004World Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium85thJunior Race Men 8 km27:51
2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany15th10,000m30:44.86
European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, The Netherlands65thMen individual 9.84 km28:59
2006European Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Giorgio su Legnano, Italy15thMen U23 individual 8.03 km23:35
2007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary2nd10,000m29:12.95
European Cross Country ChampionshipsToro, Spain16thMen U23 individual 8.2 km25:05
2008European Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium9thMen individual 10 km31:30

National achievements

Dutch National Championships
2004 - 1st, 5,000 m (juniors)
2004 - 1st, cross-country (juniors)
2006 - Schoorl, 2nd, 10,000 m
2006 - The Hague, 2nd, Half marathon
2007 - 1st, cross-country
2007 - 1st, 10,000 m
2007 - Amsterdam, 1st, 5,000 m (track)
2008 - Gilze en Rijen, 1st, cross-country
2008 - The Hague, 1st, Half marathon
2008 - 1st, 10,000 m
2009 - Amsterdam, 1st, 5,000 m (track)
2011 - Amsterdam Marathon, 1st Dutch (15th)

Personal bests

Track
DistanceMarkDateLocation
1,500 m3:42.66August 31, 2009Antwerp
3,000 m7:59.80June 13, 2009Leiden
5,000 m13:37.33July 18, 2009Heusden
10,000 m28:52.58June 6, 2009Ribeira Brava
Road
DistanceMarkDateLocation
10,000 m28:48February 10, 2008Schoorl
10 Eng. miles48:47September 23, 2007Zaandam
Half marathon1:02:33March 11, 2012The Hague
Marathon2:09:58October 21, 2012Amsterdam

References

  1. ^ Butter gets Dutch domestic marathon win in Utrecht Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-04-26). Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
  2. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.
  3. ^ Boston Marathon Results Kenya's Wesley Korir, Cherop win Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine. Fox News (2012-04-16). Retrieved on 2012-04-27.
  • Profile at Team Distance Runners (in Dutch)