Simon Vroemen

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**Simon Vroemen**

Full name	Simon Frans Vroemen
Date of birth	11 May 1969 (1969-05-11) (age 39)
Place of birth	Delft, Netherlands
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Height	1.89 m
Weight	67 kg
Personal best	steeplechase - 8:04.95 (2005)
Career	1981-2006
Infobox last updated on: 18 October 2007.

Medal record
Competitor for Netherlands
Men's Athletics
European Championships
Silver	Munich 2002	3.000m Steeple

Simon Frans Vroemen (born May 11, 1969 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch runner, specialising in the steeplechase.

Vroemen has a degree in molecular sciences from the Wageningen University. He wrote his dissertation on the stress physiology of grasshoppers. He has since worked as an engineer for Shell and currently resides at Gieten.

Originally a 1500 metre runner, he changed his focus in 1994 to the steeplechase, in which he has been internationally successful. On August 26, 2005 in Brussels he broke his own European record, setting it at 8:04.95, which is currently also the best time by a non-African runner. In July 2007, a year after his final decision to quit the sport Vroemen returned on the track at the Dutch National Championships. He started off as a pace runner, but went on to win the Dutch title.

Some results at major races: