Pieter Sisk
 Sisk in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Born | 8 December 1999 Leuven, Belgium |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
| Sport | Track and field |
Events | 800m, 1500m, 3000m |
| Club | Daring Club Leuven Atletiek |
| Coached by | Ivo Hendrix[1] |
Pieter Sisk (born 8 December 1999) is a Belgian middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.[2]
Career
2024
Sisk qualified for the 800 meters at the 2024 Summer Olympics with his time of 1:44.46, which he ran in Brussels on 25 May 2024.[3][4][5] At the Olympics, he failed to qualify for the semi-finals after finishing 6th in the heats and 3rd in the repechages.[6]
2026
In January 2026, Sisk met the qualifying time for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland at the CMCM Indoor Meeting in Luxembourg, ran a European record over the unusual distance of 2000 metres at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts,[7] and set a Belgian indoor record for the mile that was faster even than the Belgian outdoor record for that distance at the time.[8] In March, he was eliminated in round 1 of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland and in August he suffered the same fate in round 1 of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.
Personal bests
- 800 meters – 1:43.48 (Lausanne 2024)
- 800 metres indoor – 1:46.10 (Apeldoorn 2024)
- 1000 metres – 2:15.29 (Oordegem 2025) NR
- 1500 meters – 3:31.85 (Paris 2025)
- 2000 meters indoor – 4:52.41 (Boston 2025) ABP, NR
- 3000 meters – 7:51.07 (Herentals 2023)
References
- ↑ "Pieter Sisk". atletiek.be. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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- ↑ "Pieter Sisk". european-athletics.com. European Athletic Association. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ↑ "Pieter Sisk slaat magische dubbelslag met kwalificatie voor Olympische Spelen en EK". atni.be. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ "Pieter Sisk loopt een toptijd op de 800 meter en loopt limiet voor EK én Olympische Spelen". Sporza. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ "Pieter Sisk a changé d'approche pour les repêchages, en vain". www.rtl.be (in French). 8 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ↑ "McPhillips wins 600m as Sisk sets European indoor 2000m best in Boston". European Athletics Association. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Pieter Sisk maakt in Boston brandhout van Belgisch record op de mijl" [Pieter Sisk smashes Belgian mile record in Boston] (in Dutch). De Standaard. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
External links
- Pieter Sisk at World Athletics
- Pieter Sisk at Diamond League
- Pieter Sisk at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Pieter Sisk at Olympics.com
- Pieter Sisk at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
- Pieter Sisk at Olympedia