What is Björn Koreman?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Björn Koreman |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|6|df=y}} |birth_place =[[Raamsdonkveer]], Netherlands |death_date = |death_place = |height = |weight = |sport = [[long-distance track event|long-distance runner]] |event = Marathon |team= [[NN Running Team]] |alma_mater = |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates = }} '''Björn Koreman''' (born 6 March 1991) is a Dutch [[long-distance track event|long-distance runner]] competing in the marathon. His trainer is [[Bram Wassenaar]].<ref name=Helden /> == Biography == Koreman played football for a few months when he was four years old. He switched to playing handball as his sister played handball and his mother was on the board of the handball club. He played at the highest youth level, but stopped while attending {{ill|Hotelschool|nl}} high school. He wasn’t focus on sports and also smoked from the age of 13 until 22. He started training seriously when he was 24 years old. A few years later, when he broke up with his girlfriend in 2018 he started increasing his training sessions and ran 10 weeks in a row 100 kilometers per week. Half a year later he finished seventh at the Dutch National Marathon Championship. Later he finished second in the {{ill|Dam tot Damloop|nl}}.<ref name=Helden>{{Cite news|title= Björn Koreman Mister nice guy |work=[[Helden (magazine)]] (no 62)|date=June 2022|page=32-37|language=nl}}</ref> In December 2020 he set a time at the [[Wien Marathon]] of 2:11.07 reaching the Dutch time limit for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.ad.nl/olympische-spelen/bjorn-koreman-loopt-olympische-limiet-op-de-marathon~aee6115c/ |title= Björn Koreman loopt olympische limiet op de marathon|work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]|date=13 December 2020|language=nl}}</ref> Since January 2021 he represents the [[NN Running Team]]. In March 2021 he broke two ribs in an attempt t