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Hans Van Alphen (born 12 January 1982, in
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) is a Belgian
decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθΠ...
. Van Alphen won the
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at the
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and finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships. In 2005, he became Belgian champion in the
decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
. He was the first Belgian decathlete to pass the 8000 points limit. In 2008, Van Alphen was a competitor in the decathlon of the Beijing Olympics, but did not finish all the events due to injury. He was just below the 8000-point mark at the 2010 Hypo-Meeting, where he came 13th, then he set a personal best score of 8072 points to finish fifth at the 2010 European Championships in
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. Continuing in that vein, he set a best in the men's heptathlon at the
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, taking ninth place with a total of 5938 points. Turning to the outdoor circuit, he improved a number of event bests at the Hypo-Meeting (including the
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,
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and
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
) and ended the competition in eleventh place with 8045 points. At the 2011
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in
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he put together his best series of results: following a best of 66.21 m in the javelin, he moved up four places in the final
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to take the runner-up spot behind
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with a decathlon personal best of 8120 points. In 2012 he won the decathlon at the
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with a score of 8519. He ended fourth in the
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at the
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. He ended the year with a win at the Decastar.van Kuijen, Hans (2012-09-16)
Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence - IAAF Combined Events Challenge - Day 2 REPORT
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Personal bests

;Outdoor : 100 m - 10.96 (2012) : 400 m - 48.25 (2007) : 1500 m - 4:17.51 (2009) : 110 m hurdles - 14.55 (2012) : High jump - 2.06 m (2012) : Pole vault - 4.96 m (2012) : Long jump - 7.64 m (2012) : Shot put - 15.97 m (2014) : Discus throw - 51.89 m (2012) : Javelin throw - 67.59 m (2012) : Decathlon - 8519 pts (May 26/27, 2012, Götzis) ;Indoor : 60 m - 7.08 (2008) : 1000 m - 2:37.06 (2011) : 60 m hurdles - 8.19 (2006) : High jump - 1.94 m (2011) : Pole vault - 4.90 m (2011) : Long jump - 7.34 m (2006) : Shot put - 15.63 m (2010) : Heptathlon - 5938 pts (2011)


Competition record


References


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Results at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Alphen, Hans 1982 births Living people Belgian decathletes Olympic athletes for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Turnhout Athletes from Antwerp Province FISU World University Games silver medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Belgian Athletics Championships winners