Lisa Rooms
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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] And in December of 2024, she and the Belgium team repeated their result from the previous year on home soil in Brussels and finished third in the women's team event at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lisa Rooms". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Belgian Championships Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG–01 SEP 2019". World Athletics. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Spruijt, Bart (21 August 2022). "Lisa Rooms vijftiende in 5000m-finale op EK in München: "Ik ben heel tevreden"". hn.be.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "LISA ROOMS AND DORIAN BOULVIN WIN BK 10KM ON THE ROAD IN LOKEREN". Atletiek.be. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Grøvdal becomes one of the European cross country greats with third successive win". European Athletics. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bol launches season with a 22.64/49.69 double in Metz". European Athletics. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 5000m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Battocletti caps historic year with gold at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
