BORLEE Kevin

Date of Birth: 22 Feb 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: WOLUWE-SAINT-LAMBERT

Birth Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m
	Men's 4 x 400m Relay BEL Belgium	4
	4 x 400m Relay Mixed BEL Belgium	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (45.90)	4th (2:58.52)
2012	London, GBR	5th (44.81)	5th (3:01.83)
2008	Beijing, CHN	SF (44.88)	4th (2:59.37)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	3rd (2:58.78)
2017	London, GBR	SF (45.10)	4th (3:00.04)
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (44.74)	5th (3:00.24)
2013	Moscow, RUS	SF (45.03)	4th (3:01.02)
2011	Daegu, KOR	3rd (44.90)	4th (3:00.41)
2009	Berlin, GER	SF (45.28)	4th (3:01.88)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	4th (3:17.92)
2017	Nassau, BAH	Final B (3:07.14)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	2nd (45.13)	1st (2:59.47)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2021	1 x 8th
2017	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2017	400m	Stockholm, SWE	45.47
4	2017	400m	Oslo, NOR	45.53
5	2017	400m	Zurich, SUI	45.77
8	2021	400m	Doha, QAT	46.29

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	400m	World Challenge	Kingston, JAM	45.52
3	2017	400m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	44.79

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	3rd (3:02.51)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Physiotherapy - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Languages spoken:

English, French

Olympic Essenbeek Halle [OEH] [Lembeek, BEL]

Jacques Borlee [father], BEL

Sporting relatives:

His identical twin brother Jonathan and his younger brother Dylan have also competed in sprints for Belgium. His older sister Olivia won silver in the 4x100m relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, a result upgraded to gold in 2016 following an anti-doping violation by the original winners from the Russian Federation. His father Jacques represented Belgium in the 400m at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. (Borlees Facebook page, 14 Feb 2016; eu.usatoday.com, 09 Sep 2016; european-athletics.org, 09 Oct 2015; worldathletics.org, 03 Sep 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 08 May 2020)

He injured his back in September 2019 but recovered to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (teambelgium.be, 26 Sep 2019)

He sustained a stress fracture of a tarsus bone [foot] in 2009. His identical twin brother Jonathan had the same injury six weeks earlier. (european-athletics.org, 01 Mar 2012)

He took up athletics at age 16 in Belgium. (spikes.iaaf.org, 28 Jul 2015)

His father Jacques and older sister Olivia were involved in athletics, but he says he and his brothers taking up the sport was their own decision. "People sometimes think that we started because our dad wanted us to, but it was always our choice. I started running because I wanted to run fast. I don't think I would be here if I was just doing it for my dad or anybody else. I'm just happy and glad to do it with my brothers." (worldathletics.org, 03 Sep 2019)

He was honoured by the Belgian prime minister for winning bronze in the 400m at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Republic of Korea. (clint.be, 13 Sep 2011)

He received the Golden Spike Award as the Royal Belgian Athletics League's Male Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2010 and 2011. (sporza.be, 10 Feb 2012)

In 2011 he received the Belgian National Sports Merit award. (sporza.be, 15 Dec 2012)

General Interest

General
NEW CLUB
In December 2020 he and his brothers joined the Olympic Essenbeek Halle [OEH] club, which is part of the Flemish Athletics League [VAL] in Belgium. They switched from Belgian Francophone League of Athletics [LBFA] club Racing Club de Bruxelles. "We have always strived to perform at the highest level and to represent Belgium at important meetings. This is why we believe that joining the Athletics League [VAL] will allow us to continue to perform at the highest level." (lesoir.be, 29 Dec 2020; sporza.be, 11 Dec 2020; Instagram profile, 11 Dec 2020)

EVEREST QUEST
In October 2019 he and his Belgian national 4x400m relay teammates, along with their coach Jacques Borlee, climbed to the Mount Everest base camp at 5364 metres above sea level. The idea behind the climb was a team-building exercise ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as well as a campaign to raise money for the SOS Children's Villages charity. The group completed the climb in 10 days. (lesoir.be, 30 Sep 2019; sporza.be, 05 Nov 2019; hln.be, 06 Nov 2019; 7sur7.be, 08 Nov 2019)

Milestones

He, his twin brother Jonathan and his brother Dylan became the first three siblings to compete together in a race at the world championships by running in the 4x400m relay at the 2013 edition in Moscow, Russian Federation. (sports.ndtv.com, 16 Aug 2013; guinnessworldrecords.com, 29 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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