Bram Som

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**Bram Som**

Full name	Bram Som
Date of birth	20 February 1980 (1980-02-20) (age 28)
Place of birth	Terborg, Netherlands
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Height	1.78 m
Weight	67 kg
Personal best	400m - 46.87 (2001) 800m - 1:43.45 (2006) 1500m - 3:48.66 (1999)
Career	1987-present
Infobox last updated on: 18 October 2007.

Medal record
European Championships
Gold	2006 Gothenburg	800 metres

Bram Som (born 20 February 1980 in Terborg) is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000. Later that year he won the European championship.

Som participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2000 he was eliminated in the series as his time of 1:48.58 was not enough to advance. Four years later he would reach the semi finals in which he became fifth with a time of 1:45.52.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	5th
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	5th
2004	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st.
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd.