Naomi Van Den Broeck

Belgian sprinter (born 1996)

Naomi Van den Broeck

at 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships

Personal information

Nationality

Belgian

Born

(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)

Sport

Athletics

Event

Sprint

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Belgium
European Championships
	2024 Rome	4×400 m relay

Naomi Van den Broeck (born 3 January 1996) is a Belgian sprinter.^[1] She represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in women's 4 × 400 metres relay.^[2]

In 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the team that qualified Belgium for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.^[3] And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.^[4] At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, she ran in the heats and final of both the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with the Belgium teams finishing 4th resp. 7th in the finals.^[5]^[6] She also participated in the women's 400 metres hurdles reaching the semi-finals.^[7]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Belgium
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.96
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.61
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.44
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	16th (h)	400 m	52.80
	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon, USA	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.02
	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon, USA	40th	400 m	53.16
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.63
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.05
	World Relays	Nassau, The Bahamas	1st (r)	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.79
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	11th (sf)	400 m	51.65
				4 × 400 m relay	3:22.95
			4th	4 × 400 m relay mixed	3:11.03
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	18th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.94
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.40
			4th	4 × 400 m relay mixed	3:09.36

Personal life

Van den Broeck was born in Belgium to a Senegalese mother and Belgian father. As a youth, she grew up in Belgium, South Africa, Jamaica, Ireland and Norway.^[8]

References

^ "Naomi Van Den Broeck". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "van den BROECK Naomi". olympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay" (in French). Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "WOMEN'S 4 X 400M RELAY FINAL RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ "4 X 400M RELAY MIXED FINAL RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "400 METRES HURDLES WOMEN". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
^ "Belgian Cheetah en globetrotter Naomi Van den Broeck: "Antwerpen is mijn tweede thuis"". www.gva.be.