fullname updated weight birth_place height personalbest birth_date nickname career article_title name
rens blom 2 april 2009 75 kg lb on munstergeleen , netherlands 1.78 m ftin on pole vault - 5.81 -lrb- 2005 -rrb- 1 march 1977 - 1989-2008 rens blom
 rens blom
rens blom

rens blom -lrb- born 1 march 1977 -rrb- is a dutch athlete competing in pole vault .
blom was born in munstergeleen .
he achieved a vault of 5.75 as early as in 2000 , but five years passed without much further progress .
however , on 8 june 2004 in zaragoza , he set the current dutch record with 5.81 .
in 2005 , he consolidated his position by clearing 5.80 early in may .
at the 2005 world championships in athletics , he once again achieved 5.80 and won the gold medal .
it was the first dutch gold medal at a world championship .
in addition , blom has won five national championships and four national indoor championships .
the year 2006 turned out to be a frustrating year for blom , full of bad luck and injuries .
problems with his shoulder , knees and achilles tendons resulting in an operation caused 2006 to become a `` lost '' year for the passionate dutchman .
finally , in mid-october , he cautiously resumed his training programme , and achieved better results in several indoor events at the start of 2007 .
blom is a two-time olympian .
at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney he did not survive the qualification round .
four years later during the 2004 summer olympics , he ended up on the 9th place .
at a press conference in sittard on 26 september 2008 , blom announced his retirement from the sport , feeling that , after various injuries and operations , his body no longer allowed him to strain it to the utmost .
during his career rens blom collected six dutch indoor and seven dutch outdoor titles altogether .
he returned to the sport in the 2013 season .
