Willy Polleunis (born 27 December 1947) is a retired long-distance runner from Belgium who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1973 European Indoor Championships, behind his clubmate Emiel Puttemans.[1] He competed in the 5000 and 10000 metres events at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics with the best achievement of sixth place in the 5000 metres in 1976.[2] At the start of the final lap, he was in tenth place, but he accelerated, and possibly ran the final lap even faster than the winner, Lasse Viren.[3] Polleunis also won team gold medals at the 1973 and 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and a team silver in 1976.
willy, polleunis, born, december, 1947, retired, long, distance, runner, from, belgium, silver, medal, 3000, metres, 1973, european, indoor, championships, behind, clubmate, emiel, puttemans, competed, 5000, 10000, metres, events, 1968, 1972, 1976, olympics, w. Willy Polleunis born 27 December 1947 is a retired long distance runner from Belgium who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1973 European Indoor Championships behind his clubmate Emiel Puttemans 1 He competed in the 5000 and 10000 metres events at the 1968 1972 and 1976 Olympics with the best achievement of sixth place in the 5000 metres in 1976 2 At the start of the final lap he was in tenth place but he accelerated and possibly ran the final lap even faster than the winner Lasse Viren 3 Polleunis also won team gold medals at the 1973 and 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and a team silver in 1976 Willy PolleunisWilly Polleunis in 1973Personal informationNationalityBelgianBorn 1947 12 27 27 December 1947 age 75 Hasselt BelgiumHeight1 68 m 5 ft 6 in Weight54 kg 119 lb SportCountryBelgiumSportLong distance runningMedal record Representing BelgiumEuropean Indoor Championships1973 Rotterdam 3000 mReferences Edit World European Indoor Championships gbrathletics com Willy Polleunis Sports Reference Antero Raevuori ed The Gilded Spikes Matti Hannus The Montreal Olympic Book Montrealin Olympiakirja published in Finland in 1976 This biographical article relating to Belgian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willy Polleunis amp oldid 1156345929, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
