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Belgian sprinter
Hanna Mariën
Mariën in 2008
Born 16 May 1982 (1982-05-16 ) (age 41)
Herentals ,
Antwerp , Belgium Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Sport Athletics Event Sprint Club AC Waasland, Sint-Niklaas Personal best 200 m - (2006)
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Hanna Emilie Mariën (born 16 May 1982) is a
Belgian retired
athlete and
bobsledder . As a sprinter, Mariën specialized in the
200 metres and won gold in the
4 × 100 m relay at the
2008 Beijing Olympics .
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[4] Mariën later became a bobsleigher, competing for Belgium at the
2014 Winter Olympics .
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.
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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 .
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1980 :
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1992 :
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Gwen Torrence ,
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1996 :
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2000 :
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Chandra Sturrup ,
Pauline Davis-Thompson ,
Debbie Ferguson ,
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2004 :
Tayna Lawrence ,
Sherone Simpson ,
Aleen Bailey ,
Veronica Campbell ,
Beverly McDonald (
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2008 :
Olivia Borlée ,
Hanna Mariën ,
Élodie Ouédraogo ,
Kim Gevaert (
BEL )
2012 :
Tianna Madison ,
Allyson Felix ,
Bianca Knight ,
Carmelita Jeter ,
Jeneba Tarmoh ,
Lauryn Williams (
USA )
2016 :
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Tori Bowie ,
English Gardner ,
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2020 :
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Shericka Jackson ,
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