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Lisa Rooms

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Lisa Rooms
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 4:14.03 (Oordegem, 2023)
3000m: 8:47.98 (Metz, 2024)
5000m: 15:26.27 (Walnut, 2023)
10,000m 33:20.50 (Malmedy, 2022)
10km: 32:24 (Rotterdam (2023)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Brussels Team

Lisa Rooms (born 17 June 1996) is a Belgian long-distance runner. She is a multiple-time Belgian national champion and a Belgian record holder.[1]

Career

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A member of AV Lokeren, in 2019, she became Belgian champion for the first time, over 5000 metres in Brussels.[2]

In 2022 she became the Belgian champion over 5000 metres.[3] That year, she came 15th over 5000m at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in a time of 15:50.59.[4] At the end of 2022, she changed her coach to Grete Koens after spending eight years with Tim Moriau.[5]

In 2023, she finished in tenth place over 5000m in the at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzów, in a time of 15:44.24.[6] She became the Belgian champion over 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, and the 10 km road race in 2023.[7] She ran a 10 km personal best on the road in Rotterdam in October 2023.[8]

Rooms finished sixth overall and was a bronze medalist in the team event at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.[9] It was the first time the Belgian women’s team had ever been on the podium at the event.[10]

In February 2024, she set a new Belgian national record in the 3000 metres indoors in Metz.[11] She competed in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Lisa Rooms". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Belgian Championships Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG–01 SEP 2019". World Athletics. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ Dekie, Gunther (22 October 2022). "Lisa Rooms is klaar voor de start van het seizoen: "Overstap naar nieuwe coach goed verteerd"". hln.be. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ Spruijt, Bart (21 August 2022). "Lisa Rooms vijftiende in 5000m-finale op EK in München: "Ik ben heel tevreden"". hn.be.
  5. ^ Goossens, Willy (October 10, 2022). "Lisa Rooms third in Groningen: "I'm looking forward to a new chapter with a new coach"". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ^ Monbaillu, Laurent (23 June 2023). "Championnats d'Europe par équipes : Rani Rosius et Cynthia Bolingo signent les meilleurs résultats de la Belgique lors de la première journée". lavenir. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  7. ^ "LISA ROOMS AND DORIAN BOULVIN WIN BK 10KM ON THE ROAD IN LOKEREN". Atletiek.be. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  8. ^ Reyntjens, Michiel (3 September 2023). "Lisa Rooms again faster than ever over 10km, Simon Debognies has a successful test". atni.be. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Grøvdal becomes one of the European cross country greats with third successive win". European Athletics. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Frenzied Home Spectators Propel Robin Hendrix and Senior Teams to European Cross Country Championships Medals in Brussels". exchbrussells. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Bol launches season with a 22.64/49.69 double in Metz". European Athletics. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's 5000m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.