Koen Smet

Koen Smet
Koen Smet in 2018
Personal information
Born (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 (age 33)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
EducationVU University Amsterdam
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
ClubPhanos
Coached byGuido Bonsen (2014–)
Ineke Bonsen (2014–)

Koen Smet (Dutch: [kun ˈsmɛt]; born 9 August 1992) is a Dutch athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships. In addition, he represented his country at two World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals in 2018.[1]

His personal bests are 13.53 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.7 m/s, Oordegem 2018) and 7.65 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Magglingen 2018).

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 7th (sf) 110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.921
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 21st (h) 60 m hurdles 7.86
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.58
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 22nd (h) 60 m hurdles 7.80
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 16th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.69
European Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.71
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 7th 60 m hurdles 7.73
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 23rd (sf) 110 m hurdles 14.06

1Did not start in the final

References

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  1. ^ "Koen SMET | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2025-10-12.