Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom (born September 14, 1974) is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With this same team he also participated in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area and did not qualify for the final.

Patrick van Balkom
Personal information
Full namePatrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom
Born (1974-09-14) 14 September 1974 (age 50)
Waalwijk, Netherlands
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Paris 4x100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lisbon 200 m
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca 200 m
Updated on 19 March 2008

Van Balkom also won a 200 metres bronze medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. On September 3, 2006 he ran his last race at the Arena Games in Hilversum.

Van Balkom was born in Waalwijk, North Brabant.

Personal bests

edit
edit