Jonathan Borlée

Jonathan Borlée ( born February 22, 1988 in Woluwe -Saint -Lambert ) is a Belgian athlete who specializes in the 400 -meter run. His twin brother Kévin and his older sister Olivia are likewise successful sprinters. The three siblings are coached by her father Jacques Borlée.

Career

Jonathan Borlée was 2006 Belgian champion in the 400 -meter run and fourth at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing. On 31 May 2008, he ran in the 4 x 400 meters relay together with his brother Kévin, Cédric Van Branteghem and Kristof Beyens a time of 3:02,51 min. Thus, the quartet was undercutting the 27 -year-old national record by over a second, the qualification standard for the Olympic Games in Beijing missed by one hundredth of a second. A short time increased, the squadron was in the Kristof Beyens replaced by Nils Duerinck to 3:02,13 min and thus managed to qualify.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Belgian season ranked in the lineup Kévin Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Cédric Van Branteghem and Arnaud Ghislain the fifth and scored with their time of 2:59,37 min again a national record. Jonathan Borlée started there in the 400 -meter run. He reached the semi-finals but could not with a time of 45.11 s qualify for the final.

In 2009, he won a student at Florida State University, the NCAA title in the 4 x 400 - meter relay and in the 400 -meter run. With a time of 44.78 s on the 400 meters, he beat the Belgian record of his brother by a tenth of a second.

His first international medal Borlée secured at the World Indoor Championships in Doha in 2010. The Belgian 4 x 400 - meter relay team finished in the lineup Cedric van Branteghem, Kévin Borlée, Antoine Gillet and Jonathan Borlée with national indoor record 3:06,94 min second place. In July improved Borlée at the meeting Areva in Paris his own national record over 400 meters a hundredth of a second to 44.77 s So he traveled as a leading European Years leaderboard at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona. He underscored his role as favorite in the semifinals when he takes on 44.71 s increased its best. However, in the final he took surprisingly only the seventh rank. The title passed to his brother Kevin. Along with this, as well as Arnaud Destatte and Cédric Van Branteghem Jonathan Borlée secured still gives a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay. 2011 won the European Indoor Championships in Borlée in Paris a bronze medal in the relay. After a fifth place finish at the 2011 World Championships, the Belgian season in the cast Antoine Gillet, J. Borlée, Jente Bouckaert and K. Borlée won the title at the European Championships 2012 in Helsinki. Moreover, Jonathan Borlée occupied the fourth place in Helsinki over 200 meters. In the run-up to the Olympic Games in London, he ran in 44.43 seconds a new Belgian record. In the final he finished sixth.

At the World Championships 2013 in Moscow, he was fourth with 44.54 s.

Bests

• 200 m: 20.31 s, May 5, 2012 Lubbock Hall: 21.43 s, February 19, 2006 Gent

Awards

Jonathan Borlée and Eline Bering Award in 2009 with the "Golden Spike " as Belgium's best athletes.