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Fons Brydenbach - Wikipedia

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Alfons ("Fons") Brydenbach (12 October 1954 – 8 May 2009) was a Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He is a former world indoor record holder.

Career

He was born in 1954 in Vorselaar.^[1] In 1973 he won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships. With the time of 45.86 seconds he smashed the previous championship record. The championship record stood until 1979, when Hartmut Weber broke it.^[2] Also in 1973, he took his first Belgian title in the 400 metres. He would defend 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981, but faced competition from Mario De Marchi, Christian Allemeersch and Eddy De Leeuw. Brydenbach also won the Belgian 100 metres title in 1975 and the 200 metres title in 1974 and 1975.^[3]

In 1974 Brydenbach won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships, ahead of Andreas Scheibe and Günter Arnold.^[4] In the same year he set a new world indoor record with 45.9 seconds.^[5] At the 1975 European Indoor Championships he only reached the semi-final,^[6] but at the 1977 European Indoor Championships, he won another gold medal.^[4]

In 1976, still only 21 years old, Brydenbach competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. After running in 45.28 seconds in the semi-final, he improved to 45.04 seconds in the final race. He finished fourth, but the time was a lifetime best result.^[1] It was a Belgian record, and stood until 2003 when Cédric Van Branteghem broke it.^[7] He came close to improving the result at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he finished fifth in the final with 45.10 seconds. He also competed in the 4 x 400 metre relay, but the team failed to finish.^[1] The next year he contributed to a Belgian record in this event—3:03.68 minutes, which stood until 2008.^[5] Brydenbach also won the gold medal at the 1977 Summer Universiade. His new championship record of 45.18 seconds stood for two years.^[8]

Brydenbach had 10.46 seconds in the 100 metres and 20.68 seconds in the 200 metres, both achieved in 1975.^[5]

Personal life and death

Brydenbach held a master's degree in physical education from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and worked as a teacher. He was married, had three children and resided in Wechelderzande.^[5] He died of bladder cancer in May 2009.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fons Brijdenbach". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ "European Junior Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ "Belgian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wie was Fons Brydenbach?". SportWereld (in Dutch). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ "1975 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 m semi-final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Fons Brydenbach overleden". SportWereld (in Dutch). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ "World Student Games (Universiade – Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

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Men's winners	1954: Lucien De Muynck 1955: Walter Herssens 1956: Roger Moens 1957: Henri Haest 1958: Roger Verheuen 1959: Edouard Szostak 1960: Gaston Roelants 1961: Georges Salmon 1962: Aureel Vandendriessche 1963: Paul Coppejans 1964: Eugene Allonsius 1965: Leo Mariën 1966: André Dehertoghe 1967: Roger Lespagnard 1968: Willy Polleunis 1969: Philippe Housiaux 1970: Miel Puttemans 1971: Freddy Herbrand 1972: Karel Lismont 1973: Régis Ghesquière 1974: Marc Smet 1975: Bruno Brokken 1976: Ivo Van Damme 1977: Patrick Desruelles & Elie Van Vlierberghe 1978: Fons Brydenbach 1979: Ronald Desruelles 1980: Leon Schots 1981: Eddy Annys 1982: Alex Hagelsteens 1983: Jean-Marc Jacques & Jan Van Hocht 1984: William Van Dijck 1985: Marc Borra 1986: Vincent Rousseau 1987: Didier Falise 1988: William Van Dijck 1989: Godfried Dejonckheere 1990: Patrick Stevens 1991: Godfried Dejonckheere 1992: William Van Dijck 1993–94: Vincent Rousseau 1995–96: Patrick Stevens 1997: Mohammed Mourhit 1998: Jonathan Nsenga 1999–2001: Mohammed Mourhit 2002–03: Cédric Van Branteghem 2004: Joeri Jansen 2005: François Gourmet 2006: Kristof Beyens 2007: Hans Van Alphen 2008: Kevin Borlée 2009: Jonathan Borlée 2010–11: Kevin Borlée 2012: Hans Van Alphen 2013: Jonathan Borlée 2014: Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2015: Philip Milanov 2016: Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2017: Philip Milanov 2018: Koen Naert 2019: Bashir Abdi 2020: not awarded 2021-24: Bashir Abdi
Women's winners	1974: Sonja Castelein 1975: Hilde Van Dyck 1976: Bernadette Van Roy 1977: Anne-Marie Pira 1978: Lea Alaerts 1979: Chris Soetewey 1980: Magda Ilands 1981: Françoise Van Poelvoorde 1982: Anne Michel 1983: Chris Van Landschoot 1984: Marie-Christine Deurbroeck 1985: Jacqueline Hautenauve 1986: Lieve Slegers 1987: Hilde Vervaet 1988: Sylvia Dethier 1989: Véronique Collard 1990: Lieve Slegers 1991: Sylvia Dethier 1992: Lieve Slegers 1993: Sabrina De Leeuw 1994–95: Lieve Slegers 1996: Ann Mercken 1997–99: Marleen Renders 2000: Veerle Dejaeghere 2001–05: Kim Gevaert 2006: Tia Hellebaut 2007: Kim Gevaert 2008: Tia Hellebaut 2009: Eline Berings 2010: Svetlana Bolshakova 2011: Élodie Ouédraogo 2012: Tia Hellebaut 2013–19: Nafissatou Thiam 2020: not awarded 2021-22: Nafissatou Thiam 2023: Cynthia Bolingo 2024: Nafissatou Thiam
Men's talent winners	1988: Patrick Stevens 1989: Gino Van Geyte 1990: Stefaan Allemeersch 1991: Yassin Guellet 1992: Benjamin Leroy 1993: Nathan Kahan 1994: Erik Nys 1995: Sven Pieters 1996: Kjell Provost 1997: Ben Quintelier 1998: Johan Kloek 1999: Thibaut Duval & Hans Janssens 2000: Matthieu Van Diest 2001: Kevin Rans 2002: Michael Velter 2003: Xavier De Baerdemaeker 2004: Pieter Desmet 2005: Frédéric Xhonneux 2006: Jonathan Borlée 2007: Adrien Deghelt 2008: Kevin Borlée 2009: Jeroen D'hoedt & Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2010: Julien Watrin 2011: Stef Vanhaeren 2012: Dario De Borger 2013: Pieter-Jan Hannes 2014: Mathias Broothaerts 2015: Isaac Kimeli 2016: Ben Broeders 2017: Simon Debognies 2018: Jonathan Sacoor 2019: Thomas Carmoy 2020: not awarded 2021: Jente Hauttekeete 2022: Mimoun Abdoul Wahab 2023: Clément Labar 2024: Elie Bacari
Women's talent winners	1988: Ann Maenhout 1989: Anneke Matthijs 1990: Sandrine Hennart 1991: Anja Smolders 1992: Sabrina De Leeuw 1993: Kathleen Van Hove 1994: Annelies Demeester 1995: Kim Gevaert 1996: Cindy Stas 1997: Ludivine Michel 1998: Catherine Lallemand 1999: Veerle Dejaeghere 2000: Mieke Geens 2001: Sigrid Vanden Bempt 2002: Elfje Willemsen 2003: Olivia Borlée 2004: Lien Huyghebaert 2005: Eline Berings 2006: Annelies Peetroons 2007: Anne Zagré 2008: Hannelore Desmet 2009: Lindsey De Grande 2010: Hanne Van Hessche 2011: Marjolein Lindemans 2012: Nafissatou Thiam 2013: Justien Grillet 2014: Chloé Beaucarne 2015: Louise Carton 2016: Renée Eykens 2017: Hanne Maudens 2018: Elise Vanderelst 2019: Paulien Couckuyt 2020: not awarded 2021: Rani Rosius 2022: Helena Ponette 2023: Delphine Nkansa 2024: Merel Maes
G-athlete winners	2021: Peter Genyn 2022-23: Roger Habsch 2024: Maxime Carabin
G-promotors	2021: Marieke Vervoort 2022: Mieke Van Thuyne

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