Dylan Borlée

Dylan Borlée

Dylan Borlée in 2016
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Belgium
World Relay Championships
2015 Nassau 4×400 m relay
European Championships
2016 Amsterdam 4x400 m relay
European Athletics Indoor Championships
2015 Prague 4×400 m relay
2015 Prague 400 metres

Dylan Borlée (born 20 September 1992) is a Belgian track and field sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. He holds a personal best of 45.57 seconds for the event. He was the silver medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015.

He has also represented Belgium at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Relays as part of the national 4×400 metres relay team.

Career

Born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert,[1] he is part of the Borlée family which is prominent in Belgian athletics and includes his sister Olivia and his older brothers, twins Kevin and Jonathan Borlée. All are coached by their father Jacques Borlée, who was himself a European medallist in the sport.[2]

He made his international debut at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships, competing in the 4×400 metres relay team, which finished sixth.[3] He began to establish himself as a senior athlete in the 2013 season. First, he secured a relay silver medal with Belgium at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.[4] After setting a 400 m personal best of 45.80 seconds for second place at the Belgian Championships in July,[5] he was selected for Belgium relay team at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, alongside his brothers and Will Owoye. The team made the final and finished in fifth overall with a time of 3:01.02 minutes.[6] The Jeux de la Francophonie the following month saw him make his first international appearance for Wallonia. He placed fifth in the individual 400 m and was a silver medallist in the relay alongside Robin Vanderbemden, Antoine Gillet and Owoye.[7]

Borlée missed most of the 2014 season, bar a relay outing at the 2014 IAAF World Relays, where he was ninth.[8] He returned in strong form for the 2015 indoor season, winning his first national title at the Belgian Indoor Championships.[9] A personal best of 46,73 seconds at a meeting in Metz earned him a place at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[10] In his first individual outing for Belgium, he ran a personal best of 46.72 seconds in the semi-final before improving to 46.25 seconds in the final – a mark which was enough to take the silver medal in Prague behind the clear home favourite Pavel Maslák.[11] A day later he won the gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay, along with his brothers and Julien Watrin, in a new European indoor record of 3:02.87.

Personal bests

Outdoor
Indoor

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 6th 4x400 m relay 3:10.89
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 2nd 4x400 m relay 3:04.90
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th 4x400 m relay 3:01.02
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 5th 400 m 47.25
2nd 4×400 m relay 3:06.24
2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 9th 4x400 m relay 3:02.97
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 2nd 400 m 46.25
1st 4x400 m relay 3:02.87
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd 4x400 m relay 2:59.33
World Championships Beijing, China Final 4x400 m relay 3:00.24
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st 4×400 m relay 3:01.10
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 4×400 m relay 2:58.52

References

  1. ↑ Dylan Borlée. Borlee. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  2. ↑ Borlee Family. Borlee. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  3. ↑ European Junior Championships (2011-07-24). The Sports. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  4. ↑ 2013 European U23 Championships Men's 4x400 relay final. Sport Result. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  5. ↑ Dylan Borlee Progression. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  6. ↑ 2013 World Championships in Athletics Men's 4x400m relay final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  7. ↑ 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie Results. Francophonie. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  8. ↑ IAAF World Relays 2014 Men's 4x400 Relay Heats. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  9. ↑ Dylan Borlee. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  10. ↑ Dylan Borlée loopt EK-limiet. Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  11. ↑ Dylan Borlée médaillé d'argent à Prague!. DHNet (2015-03-07). Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  12. ↑ Dylan Borlee. IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
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