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Veerle Dejaeghere

Dejaeghere at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Born	(1973-08-01) 1 August 1973 (age 51) Izegem
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country	Belgium
Club	A.C. Hulshout
Now coaching	Michel Ramboer
Achievements and titles
Personal best	9:28.47 min (2007)

Veerle Dejaeghere (born 1 August 1973, in Izegem) is a Belgian runner, who has specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008.

Dejaeghere formerly specialized in the 1500 metres, reaching the semi-final in this event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

She has been very successful in the Lotto Cross Cup (Belgium's domestic cross country series), having won the series overall a total of 13 times, including 11 consecutive wins from 2004 to 2014. This included a win at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels in 2007, in which she finished ahead of Lornah Kiplagat and Emebt Etea. She has also won twice at the Eurocross meeting in Luxembourg.

Dejaeghere missed most of the 2009 and 2010 seasons. She was the runner-up at the Campaccio race in January 2011, but did not compete again until November's Lotto Cross Cup van West-Vlaanderen, where she was again runner-up (this time behind Yuliya Ruban).

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belgium
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th	3000 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	9th	3000 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	3000 m s'chase
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th	3000 m s'chase

Personal bests

• 1500 metres⁣ – 4:05.05 min (2002)
• Mile run⁣ – 4:29.93 min (2003)
• 3000 metres⁣ – 8:49.31 min (2000)
• 3000 metres steeplechase⁣ – 9:28.47 min (2007)
• 5000 metres⁣ – 15:19.73 min (2005)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veerle Dejaeghere". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
2. Palmares (in French). Lotto Cross Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
3. Hendrix, Ivo & Monti, David (23 December 2007). Veerle Dejaeghere and Paul Kipsiele Koech score emphatic wins in Iris Lotto Cross Cup in Brussels – UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
4. Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (28 February 2009). Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
5. Diego Sampaolo (6 January 2011). Ebuya and Kalovics take Campaccio Cross Country win. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-15.
6. Belgium's Bekele gets impressive home win in Roeselare . European Athletics (28 November 2011). Retrieved on 2011-12-01.

External links

• Veerle Dejaeghere at World Athletics
• Veerle Dejaeghere at Olympedia (archive)

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Belgian female long-distance runners
• Belgian female steeplechase runners
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Belgium
• People from Izegem
• Sportspeople from West Flanders
• Belgian Athletics Championships winners