Michaël Bultheel

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image= Michael Bultheel at Josef Odlozil Memorial in Prague 14June2010 110.jpg

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| caption= Michaël Bultheel in 2010

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1986|6|30}}

| birth_place=Ypres, Belgium

| height={{height|m=1.89}}

| weight={{cvt|81|kg}}

| country= {{BEL}}

| sport =Athletics

| event=400 metres hurdles

| education=Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=bultheel-michael-1220343/index.html NBC Rio 2016 bio]

| club=Flanders Atletiek Club

| coach=Carlos Baillieu
Rudi Diels

| medaltemplates =

}}

Michaël Bultheel (born 30 June 1986 in Ypres) is a retired Belgian athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles.{{World Athletics}} 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

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{BEL}}
2004 \|World Junior Championships \|Grosseto, Italy \|14th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|52.21
2007 \|European U23 Championships \|Debrecen, Hungary \|14th (h) \|400 m hurdles \|52.06
rowspan=2\|2009 \|Universiade \|Belgrade, Serbia \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|400 m hurdles \|49.79
World Championships \|Berlin, Germany \|19th (h) \|400 m hurdles \|49.67
2010 \|European Championships \|Barcelona, Spain \|11th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|50.60
2011 \|Universiade \|Shenzhen, China \|8th \|400 m hurdles \|54.39
rowspan=3\|2012 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|10th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.98
rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|London, United Kingdom \|11th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.10
6th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:01.83
rowspan=2\|2014 \|rowspan=2\|European Championships \|rowspan=2\|Zürich, Switzerland \|12th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.62
7th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:02.60
2015 \|World Championships \|Beijing, China \|22nd (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.66
rowspan=2\|2016 \|European Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|15th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.72
Olympic Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|18th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.46

colspan="6"|Representing {{BEL}}

2004

|World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|14th (sf)

|400 m hurdles

|52.21

2007

|European U23 Championships

|Debrecen, Hungary

|14th (h)

|400 m hurdles