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{{short description|Dutch steeplechase runner}}

'''Simon Vroemen''' (born [[May 11]] [[1969]] in [[Delft]], [[Zuid-Holland]]) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] runner, specialized in the [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]].

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Simon Vroemen

| image = 20070701-nk2007-simonvroemen.jpg

| fullname = Simon Frans Vroemen

| height = 1.89 m

| weight = 67 kg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|5|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Delft]], [[Netherlands]]

| personalbest = [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] - 8:04.95 (2005)

| career = 1981-2006

| updated = 18 October 2007

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }}

{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}

{{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}

{{MedalSilver | [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|2002 Munich]] | 3.000m Steeple}}

}}

'''Simon Frans Vroemen''' (born [[11 May 11]] [[1969]] in [[Delft]], [[Zuid-South Holland]]) is a Dutch [[NetherlandsRunning|Dutchrunner]] runner, specializedspecialising in the [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]].

Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the [[Wageningen University]]. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers. He has since worked as an engineer for [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] and currently resides at [[Gieten]].

==Biography==

Originally a 1500 metre runner, he changed his focus in 1994 to the steeplechase, in which he has been internationally successful. On August 26, 2005 in [[Brussels]] he broke his own European record, setting it at 8:04.95, which is currently also the best time by a non-African runner.

Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the [[Wageningen University]]. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers[[grasshopper]]s. He has since worked as an engineer for [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] and currently resides at [[GietenVught]].

Originally a [[1500 metres]] runner, he changed his focus in 1994 to the steeplechase, in which he has been internationally successful. On 19 July 2002, he broke the nearly 20 year old European record by running 8:06.91 in [[Monaco]]. On 26 August 2005 in [[Brussels]] he broke his own [[European records in athletics|European record]], setting it at 8:04.95, which remained until 2009. He placed 12th in the [[Sydney]] [[Olympic Games]] (2000) and 6th in the [[Athens]] [[Olympic Games]] (2004). In July 2007, a year after his decision to quit the sport, Vroemen returned on the track at the Dutch National Championships. He started off as a pace runner, but went on to win the Dutch title. On 11 June 2008, at the age of 39, he won a race in [[Cottbus]] in 8:12.50, setting the third-best time of the year in the world and qualifying him for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing]].

Some results at major races:

After this race, Vroemen requested a doping test and was tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid metandienone. He contested the outcome based on scientific evidence that his (legal) anti-asthma medication caused the test to report false positives. More than 1.5 years after the test and the missed opportunity to run at the Olympics, the Sports Court released Vroemen of the doping charges, based on scientific evidence that the allowed asthma medication triggered the test. During these 1.5 years, the anti-doping authorities also tried to accuse Vroemen of using an illegal infusion in 2006. Vroemen was also declared innocent in this case and all charges were dropped. He returned to racing and won the national steeple chase championship 3 more times in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, to bring his total steeple chase championship count to 15 times. Vroemen retired from professional racing thereafter.

==Achievements==

* 2000: 12th - [[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Sydney]]

* 2002: 2nd - [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] in [[München]]

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* 2005: 5th - [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Helsinki]]

== External linklinks ==

* [http://www.simonvroemen.nl Personal site]

* {{World Athletics}}

* {{Sports-reference|vr/simon-vroemen-1.html}}

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