Marko Koers
Appearance
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Marko Ewout Koers (born November 3, 1972, in Molenhoek, Limburg) is a retired middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He competed in the 800 and 1500 metres. Koers won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships, behind Germany's Nils Schumann. He won the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 1,500 meter run while competing for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Competition record
[edit]References
[edit]- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Dutch male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's track and field athletes
- People from Mook en Middelaar
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)
- 20th-century Dutch people
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Dutch athletics biography stubs