Bram Som (born 20 February 1980, in Terborg) is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000. Later that year he won the European championship.
Som participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2000 he was eliminated in the first round as his time of 1:48.58 was not enough to advance. Four years later he would reach the semi-finals in which he came fifth with a time of 1:45.52.
He is currently an 800 m pacemaker, as of the 2016 Diamond League.http://monaco.diamondleague.com/en/programme_resultats_monaco_en/#baseFrame #/live/outputs/results/iaaf/atResults/js/mappings/discipline/disciplineRoot#DisciplineInit#Monaco2016_TIMING_ATMA08101_json##main-frame_content#/live/outputs/results/iaaf/atResults/js/mappings/discipline/run#RunSubFrame#Monaco2016_TIMING_ATMA08101_json He is the co-creator and operational director of Wavelight, a pacemaking tool originally designed for training and now used in some actual racing.
Achievements
Representing the 1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France5th1:48.361999European Junior ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia3rd1:50.962000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia42nd (h)1:48.582001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal11th (sf)1:49.34European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th1:47.84World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada13th (sf)1:47.402002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria11th (h)1:49.08European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany6th1:48.562003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th1:47.00World ChampionshipsParis, France10th (sf)1:46.632004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary11th (h)1:48.55Olympic GamesAthens, Greece7th (sf)1:45.52World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 3rd1:46.332006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 1st.1:46.56World CupAthens, Greece 2nd1:45.13World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 2nd.1:47.102007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan37th (h)1:46.812009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th1:45.862011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea17th (sf)1:46.69
Personal Best times Distance Time 100 m 10.97 200 m 21.56 400 m 46.55 600 m 1:14.4 800 m 1:43.45 1000 m 2:17.01 1500 m 3:42.75 10 km 31:01
References
External links
http://www.bramsom.nl