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Gaston Roelants

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Nationality
  
Belgian

Sport
  
Athletics

Club
  
DC Leuven

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Weight
  
67 kg

Country
  
Event(s)
  
Steeplechase, marathon

Name
  
Gaston Roelants

Height
  
1.74 m

Retired
  
1976

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Born
  
5 February 1937 (age 87) (
1937-02-05
)
Opvelp, Belgium

Personal best(s)
  
3000 m – 8:26.4 (1965)marathon – 2:16:30 (1974)

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Gaston, Baron Roelants (born 5 February 1937) is a former elite steeplechaser and cross country runner. He won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles in the 3000 m steeplechase and twice broke the world record.

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Biography

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Roelants finished fourth in the steeplechase at the 1960 Olympics, and after winning a bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships he successfully turned to longer distances, setting world records in the 20 km (58 minutes 6.2 seconds) and in the 1 hour race (20,664 m) that year. In 1972 he improved those records to 57 minutes 44.4 seconds and 20,878 meters. He won a silver (1969) and a bronze (1974) medal in European marathon races. He was ranked the world's best steeplechaser five times, in 1962–1965 and 1967.

Gaston Roelants Gaston Roelants in Het Nieuwsblad op Zondag Hoegaarden

Roelants also won four international cross country titles (1962, 1967, 1969 and 1972) with three second places between 1960 and 1975. His long career continued into his 40s. Later he won five world titles in the masters category and held the masters world record in the steeplechase for 27 years.

A major Belgian road race is named after Roelants.

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References

Gaston Roelants Wikipedia