Olivia Borlée
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National team | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium | 10 April 1986||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Florida State University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivia Borlée (born 10 April 1986 in
Sport career
Borlée represented
Borlée represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She competed in the 200 metres event. She finished 7th in her heat with a time of 23.53 seconds. She did not qualify for the semifinals.[3] She was the flag bearer for Belgium during the Parade of Nations.[4] She retired after the Rio games.[5]
Fashion career
After retiring from professional sport, Borlée and Olympic teammate Elodie Ouedraogo teamed up again to found the sustainable sportswear brand 4254,[5] named after their Olympic medal-winning time. The brand won the Emerging Talent of the Year at the 2018 Belgian Fashion Awards.[6]
Borlée family
The progenitor of the Borlee family is
The eldest daughter Olivia won the gold medal at the Olympics and the world bronze at the
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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2007 | World Championships | Osaka | 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 42.75 | NR |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing | 1st | 4×100 m relay | 42.54 | NR |
2009 | European Team Championships (1st League) | Bergen | 1st | 200 m | 23.82 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Olivia Borlee". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (10 September 2016). "Coe and Hansen hail belated Olympic gold for Belgian women's 4x100m team following Russian doping positive". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's 200m - Standings". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". Olympic.org. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b "A Belgian Label Created by Olympians Will Turn Heads at the Gym and Beyond". Vogue. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Belgian Fashion Awards 2018: Voici nos lauréats!". Site-LeVifWeekend-FR (in French). 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Mais qui est Rayane, le quatrième frère Borlée ?". rtbf.be (in French). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
Rayane, leur petit frère de 19 ans. Il n'a pas la même mère que les trois ainés.
- ^ "FRATELLI BORLEE L'ATLETICA IN FAMIGLIA". runtoday.it (in Italian). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
External links
- Olivia Borlée at World Athletics
- Olivia Borlée at Diamond League
- Olivia Borlée at Olympics.com
- Olivia Borlée at Olympedia
- Olivia Borlée at All-Athletics.com
- Borlée's website