Patrick Stevens facts for kids

Patrick Stevens (born 31 January 1968 in Leut) is a retired sprinter from Belgium. He won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and a silver medal in the 200 m at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. He earned selection for four consecutive Olympic Games for his native country, although he was unable to compete at Sydney 2000 due to injury. His best result was seventh in the famous Michael Johnson 1996 200m WR final in Atlanta. He has also competed in four World Championships, between 1993 and 1999, finishing eighth in the 1997 200 m final.

Stevens has a daughter called Lauryn with British athlete Denise Lewis.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belgium
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6th	100 m	10.64
			7th	200 m	21.54
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	32nd (qf)	100 m	10.50
			21st (qf)	200 m	20.94
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	17th (h)	60 m	6.82
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	7th	100 m	10.66
			7th (sf)	200 m	21.02
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	11th (sf)	100 m	10.53
			7th	200 m	20.80
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	8th (sf)	200 m	21.33
	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	5th	100 m	10.40
			3rd	200 m	20.99
			3rd	4 × 100 m	40.05
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	31st (qf)	100 m	10.69
			18th (qf)	200 m	20.67
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	5th	200 m	20.811
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	6th	200 m	21.21
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	26th (qf)	200 m	21.07
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	10th (sf)	200 m	22.11
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (sf)	100 m	10.56
			3rd	200 m	20.68
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	31st (qf)	100 m	10.42
			16th (sf)	200 m	20.79
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	24th (qf)	100 m	10.31
			7th	200 m	20.27
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	26th (qf)	100 m	10.31
			8th	200 m	20.44 (w)
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	22nd (qf)	100 m	10.23
			9th (qf)	200 m	20.492
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	31st (h)	60 m	6.78
			2nd	200 m	20.70

¹Representing Europe

²Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

See also

In Spanish: Patrick Stevens (atleta) para niños