Alex Hagelsteens

{{Short description|Belgian long-distance runner (born 1956)}}

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| birth_place = Hasselt, Belgium

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Alex Hagelsteens (born 15 July 1956) is a retired Belgian athlete who specialised to long-distance running and cross-country. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 5000 and 10000 m events but failed to reach the finals. Hagelsteens was most successful at the Egmond Half Marathon, winning it in 1982 and 1984 and finishing second in 1985 and 1986.

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113912/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/alex-hagelsteens-1.html Alex Hagelsteens]. sports-reference.com

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Category:1956 births

Category:Living people

Category:Belgian male long-distance runners

Category:Olympic athletes for Belgium

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Hasselt

Category:Belgian Athletics Championships winners

Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen

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