Patrick Stevens (born 31 January 1968 in Leut) is a retired sprinter from

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. He won the bronze medal in the

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at the 1994 European Championships in

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and a silver medal in the 200 m at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. He earned selection for four consecutive

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for his native country, although he was unable to compete at Sydney 2000 due to injury. His best result was seventh in the famous Michael Johnson 1996 200m WR final in

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. He has also competed in four

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, between 1993 and 1999, finishing eighth in the 1997 200 m final. Stevens has a daughter called Lauryn with British athlete

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International competitions

¹Representing Europe ²Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

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Profile and competition record

1968 births Living people Belgian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Maasmechelen FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) Belgian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub