fullname updated weight birth_place height personalbest birth_date career image article_title name
guus hoogmoed 18 october 2007 81 kg utrecht , netherlands 1.87 m 100m -lrb- 2007 -rrb- 400m - 47.13 -lrb- 2003 -rrb- - 10.15 -lrb- 2007 -rrb- 200m - 20.48 27 september 1981 1993-present guus hoogmoed.jpg guus hoogmoed
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guus hoogmoed

guus hoogmoed -lrb- born 27 september 1981 in utrecht -rrb- is a retired dutch sprinter , who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres .
he finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 european indoor championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 european championships .
he participated in both 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2005 world championships , where he reached the quarter finals .
the 4 x 100 metres relay team together with team mates maarten heisen , caimin douglas and patrick van luijk -lrb- gregory sedoc and virgil spier as reserves -rrb- did qualify for the olympics .
initially they finished in 17th position during the qualification process , while only the first 16 teams would qualify , but due to the cancellation of the australian team they were allowed to start in beijing .
in their qualification heat heisen , hoogmoed , van luijk and douglas placed third in behind trinidad and tobago and japan , but in front of brazil .
their time of 38.87 was the fifth fastest out of all sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final .
in the final , the second baton change between hoogmoed and van luijk failed , resulting in a slow time .
they still finished the race to place seventh , before the disqualified chinese team .
