Hanna Mariën

Hanna Mariën
Mariën (right) in 2009
Personal information
Born 16 May 1982 (1982-05-16) (age 36)
Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Club AC Waasland, Sint-Niklaas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 200 m - (2006)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing4×100 m relay
World Championships
2007 Osaka4×100 m relay
Summer Universiade
2007 Bangkok 200 m

Hanna Emilie Mariën (born 16 May 1982) is a retired Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.[2][3][4]

Athletics

Mariën reached the semi-final at the 2006 European Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. At the 2007 World Championships she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay, together with teammates Olivia Borlée, Élodie Ouédraogo and Kim Gevaert. With 42.75 seconds the team set a new Belgian record.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics Mariën competed in the 4×100 m relay, together with Gevaert, Borlée and Ouédraogo. In their first round heat they placed first in front of Great Britain, Brazil and Nigeria. Their time of 42.92 seconds was the third time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to a time of 42.54 seconds and the second place, 0.23 seconds behind Russia.[2] In 2016, after Yuliya Chermoshanskaya's re-tested samples revealed two illegal substances, Russia was disqualified promoting Belgium to first place. She was awarded the gold medal eight years late on September 10, 2016.[5]

Bobsleighing

After retiring from athletics in 2012, Mariën turned to bobsleighing. With the national bobsleigh team, she participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where she and Elfje Willemsen ended sixth in the two woman bob.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hanna Mariën. trackfield.brinkster.net
  2. 1 2 "Athlete biography: Hanna Marien". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-08-10. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Bobsleigh: Athletes – Sochi". sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hanna Mariën". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  5. ↑ http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1041469/coe-and-hansen-hail-belated-olympic-gold-for-belgian-womens-4x100m-team-following-russian-doping-positive
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Kevin Van der Perren		 Flagbearer for  Belgium
Sochi 2014		 Succeeded by
Seppe Smits
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