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Alain Cuypers (born 29 November 1967 in Ostend) is a retired Belgian
hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...
. Competing in both the
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and
400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...
, he represented his country at the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships.


International competitions


Personal bests

Outdoor *
110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...
– 13.63 (-0.3 m/s, Brussels 1992) *400 metres hurdles – 49.53 (Brussels 1989) Indoor *
60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.65 seconds (Devynne Ch ...
– 7.71 (Karlsruhe 1993)


References


All-Athletics profile
1967 births Living people Belgian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium Sportspeople from Ostend Belgian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub