François Gourmet

François Gourmet at the 2008 TNT - Fortuna Meeting in Kladno

François Gourmet (born 28 December 1982 in Libramont) is a retired Belgian decathlete. His personal best score is 7974 points, achieved at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. He is a former Belgian record holder.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Belgium
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	4x100 m relay	39.54
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	10th	Heptathlon	5736 pts
	Summer Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	2nd	Decathlon	7792 pts
	Décastar	Talence, France	10th	Decathlon	7950 pts
2006	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	–	Decathlon	DNF
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th	Decathlon	7921 pts
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	8th	Heptathlon	5721 pts
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	15th	Decathlon	7974 pts (PB)
2009	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	2nd	Decathlon	7660 pts

References

François Gourmet profile at IAAF

↑ Belgian athletics records

Awards

Golden Spike Award

Men's winners	1989: Godfried Dejonckheere 1990: Patrick Stevens 1991: Godfried Dejonckheere 1992: William Van Dijck 1993–1994: Vincent Rousseau 1995–1996: Patrick Stevens 1997: Mohammed Mourhit 1998: Jonathan Nsenga 1999–2001: Mohammed Mourhit 2002–2003: Cédric Van Branteghem 2004: Joeri Jansen 2005: François Gourmet 2006: Kristof Beyens 2007: Hans Van Alphen 2008: Kevin Borlée 2009: Jonathan Borlée 2010–2011: Kévin Borlée 2012: Hans Van Alphen 2013: Jonathan Borlée 2014: Thomas van der Plaetsen 2015: Philip Milanov 2016: Thomas van der Plaetsen

Women's winners	1989: Véronique Collard 1990: Lieve Slegers 1991: Sylvia Dethier 1992: Lieve Slegers 1993: Sabrina De Leeuw 1994–1995: Lieve Slegers 1996: Ann Mercken 1997–1999: Marleen Renders 2000: Veerle Dejaeghere 2001–2005: Kim Gevaert 2006: Tia Hellebaut 2007: Kim Gevaert 2008: Tia Hellebaut 2009: Eline Berings 2010: Svetlana Bolshakova 2011: Élodie Ouédraogo 2012: Tia Hellebaut 2013–2016: Nafissatou Thiam

Men's talent winners	1989: Gino Van Geyte 1990: Stefaan Allemeersch 1991: Yassin Guellet 1992: Benjamin Leroy 1993: Nathan Kahan 1994: Erik Nijs 1995: Sven Pieters 1996: Kjell Provost 1997: Ben Quintelier 1998: Johan Kloek 1999: Thibaut Duval & Hans Janssens 2000: Matthieu Van Diest 2001: Kevin Rans 2002: Michael Velter 2003: Xavier De Baerdemaeker 2004: Pieter Desmet 2005: Frédéric Xhonneux 2006: Jonathan Borlée 2007: Adrien Deghelt 2008: Kevin Borlée 2009: Jeroen D'hoedt & Thomas van der Plaetsen 2010: Julien Watrin 2011: Stef Vanhaeren 2012: Dario De Borger 2013: Pieter-Jan Hannes 2014: Mathias Broothaerts 2015: Isaac Kimeli 2016: Ben Broeders

Women's talent winners	1989: Anneke Matthijs 1990: Sandrine Hennart 1991: Anja Smolders 1992: Sabrina De Leeuw 1993: Kathleen Van Hove 1994: Annelies Demeester 1995: Kim Gevaert 1996: Cindy Stas 1997: Ludivine Michel 1998: Catherine Lallemand 1999: Veerle Dejaeghere 2000: Mieke Geens 2001: Sigrid Vanden Bempt 2002: Elfje Willemsen 2003: Olivia Borlée 2004: Lien Huyghebaert 2005: Eline Berings 2006: Annelies Peetroons 2007: Anne Zagré 2008: Hannelore Desmet 2009: Lindsey De Grande 2010: Hanne Van Hessche 2011: Marjolein Lindemans 2012: Nafissatou Thiam 2013: Justien Grillet 2014: Chloé Beaucarne 2015: Louise Carton 2016: Renée Eykens

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