Koen Naert (born 3 September 1989) is a Belgian athlete who specializes in cross-country and long-distance running. Naert finished seventh at the 2015 Berlin Marathon and 13th at the 2015

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. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the marathon at the

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with 2:09:51 for a championship record. His personal best of 2:06:56 comes from the 2023 Rotterdam Marathon, where he placed sixth. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. As a marathon runner, he represented Belgium in 3 successive

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, finishing in 22nd place in the

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, Brazil, in 10th place in the

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, and, after an offday, in 61st place in the

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, France.

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* * * * Living people Belgian male long-distance runners 1989 births Sportspeople from Roeselare European Athletics Championships winners Olympic athletes for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub