Michaël Bultheel (born 30 June 1986 in Ypres) is a retired Belgian athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles, making it to the semifinals, and ran anchor leg for Belgium in the 4 × 400 m relay finals, placing sixth. He set a then-personal best at London 2012 of 49.10, which he improved in 2015 to 49.04.
Competition record Representing 2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy14th (sf)400 m hurdles52.212007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary14th (h)400 m hurdles52.062009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia3rd400 m hurdles49.79World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th (h)400 m hurdles49.672010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain11th (sf)400 m hurdles50.602011UniversiadeShenzhen, China8th400 m hurdles54.392012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland10th (sf)400 m hurdles49.98Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom11th (sf)400 m hurdles49.106th4 × 400 m relay3:01.832014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland12th (sf)400 m hurdles49.627th4 × 400 m relay3:02.602015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China22nd (sf)400 m hurdles49.662016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands15th (sf)400 m hurdles49.72Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil18th (sf)400 m hurdles49.46
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