Michel Butter

Michel Butter

Michel Butter at the 2008 Gouden Spike Meeting in Leiden, The Netherlands
Personal information
Full name	Michel Butter
Born	(1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 39) Beverwijk, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Updated on 9 September 2009

Michel Butter (born 5 November 1985) is a Dutch long-distance runner.

He was the silver medallist over 10,000 metres at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships and represented his country at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, coming ninth in the senior men's race. Butter was the winner of the Tilburg Warandeloop in 2008 and won the half marathon at the 2009 Berenloop road race. He was 16th in the race at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships.

He made his marathon debut at the 2011 Utrecht Marathon and won on his first attempt with a time of 2:17:35 hours. The race was reduced to a national level event that year as prize money was directly solely to Dutch runners.[1] He significantly improved his best time at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, where his time of 2:12:59 hours brought him the Dutch national title and 15th position overall.[2] At the 2012 Boston Marathon, he was seventh and the top European in a race slowed by hot conditions.[3] In the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, he took 12th place, in a new personal best of 2:09:58 hours.

Career highlights

International achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
2003	European Cross Country Championships	Edinburgh, Scotland	67th	Junior men individual 6.595 km	22:30
2004	European Cross Country Championships	Heringsdorf, Germany	70th	Junior men individual 5.64 km	17:37
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	85th	Junior Race Men 8 km	27:51
2005	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	15th	10,000m	30:44.86
	European Cross Country Championships	Tilburg, The Netherlands	65th	Men individual 9.84 km	28:59
2006	European Cross Country Championships	San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy	15th	Men U23 individual 8.03 km	23:35
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	10,000m	29:12.95
	European Cross Country Championships	Toro, Spain	16th	Men U23 individual 8.2 km	25:05
2008	European Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	9th	Men individual 10 km	31:30

National achievements

Dutch National Championships

2004 - 1st, 5,000 m (juniors)

2004 - 1st, cross-country (juniors)

2006 - Schoorl, 2nd, 10,000 m

2006 - The Hague, 2nd, Half marathon

2007 - 1st, cross-country

2007 - 1st, 10,000 m

2007 - Amsterdam, 1st, 5,000 m (track)

2008 - Gilze en Rijen, 1st, cross-country

2008 - The Hague, 1st, Half marathon

2008 - 1st, 10,000 m

2009 - Amsterdam, 1st, 5,000 m (track)

2011 - Amsterdam Marathon, 1st Dutch (15th)

Personal bests

Butter at the Dutch cross country championships

Track

Distance	Mark	Date	Location
1,500 m	3:42.66	August 31, 2009	Antwerp
3,000 m	7:59.80	June 13, 2009	Leiden
5,000 m	13:37.33	July 18, 2009	Heusden
10,000 m	28:52.58	June 6, 2009	Ribeira Brava

Road

Distance	Mark	Date	Location
10,000 m	28:48	February 10, 2008	Schoorl
10 Eng. miles	48:47	September 23, 2007	Zaandam
Half marathon	1:02:33	March 11, 2012	The Hague
Marathon	2:09:58	October 21, 2012	Amsterdam

References

1. Butter gets Dutch domestic marathon win in Utrecht Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-04-26). Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
2. van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.
3. Boston Marathon Results Kenya's Wesley Korir, Cherop win Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine. Fox News (2012-04-16). Retrieved on 2012-04-27.

External links

• Michel Butter at World Athletics
• Profile at Team Distance Runners (in Dutch)