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Belgian Sportsman Of The Year
The Belgian Sportsman of the Year is elected at the end of each year by professional sportjournalists and former winners, annually since 1967. A Belgian Sportswoman of the Year title has been given out since 1975. Top winners include Ingrid Berghmans (8 wins), Kim Clijsters (8) and Eddy Merckx (6). More categories were added in 1997, with the Belgian Sportsteam of the Year, 1998 with the Belgian Talent of the Year, 2010 with the Belgian Paralympic Athlete of the Year and lastly in 2011 the Belgian Coach of the Year. The youngest male winner of the Belgian sportsman of the year is Remco Evenepoel who won the award at the age of 19. The youngest female winner is Carine Verbauwen, who won the award at the age of 13. List of winners Breakdown of winners by sport Men Women Team Talent Paralympic Coach Overall See also *Belgian Sports Personality of the Year The Belgian Sports Personality of the Year is a defunct annual sports award that was given out in January by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athlete Of The Year
Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition. Definition of "athlete" *In many nations, an "athlete" primarily refers to someone who participates in the various disciplines of athletics (track and field, racewalking, cross country and road running) *In other nations — including Canada and the United States — an "athlete" equals "sportsperson" (from any sport). Similar names for the award The awards have various titles, examples include "Player of the Year" and "Sportspersonality of the Year". In the United States, several states choose a simple "Mr." or "Miss" prefix, such as Mr. Basketball (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin). Such awards — general and one-sport-only — are common at the high-school, college (university), and professional levels in the United States. List of athlete of the year awards Athletics (track and fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, and the ball may bounce up to two times, where the second bounce may also occur outside the court. Wheelchair tennis has been played at all four Grand Slams since 2007, and is one of the sports contested at the Summer Paralympics. There are three categories, Men, Women, and Quads; each category has singles and doubles tournaments. The Quad, the newest division, is for players that have substantial loss of function in at least one upper limb, but may include various disabilities besides quadriplegia. The division is sometimes called Mixed, especially at the Paralympic Games. Quad players often tape the rackets to their hand, to compensate for loss of function, and some players are allowed to use electric-powered wheelchairs. History Whee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Kopecky
Lotte Kopecky (born 10 November 1995) is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In December 2017, she was named the Belgian Talent of the Year. She is a multiple world champion on the track, having won golds in the points race in 2021 and the madison in 2017. She participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing 4th in the individual road race. In 2022, she won the Strade Bianche and Tour of Flanders classics. Major results Road ;2010 : 1st Time trial, National Novice Championships : 1st Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Novice Championships ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Novice Championships : 1st Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Novice Championships ;2012 : National Junior Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : UEC European Junior Championships ::3rd Time trial ::5th Road race ;2013 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships : 2nd Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Junior Championships : 3rd Road race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium Davis Cup Team
The Belgium men's national tennis team represents Belgium in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation. History Belgium competed in its first Davis Cup in 1904 when it achieved its best result until 2015, a final lost to the British Isles. They made the final again, in 2015, when they lost to Great Britain yet again. They reached the final again in 2017, losing again, this time against France. Current squad ''Player information and rankings '' Recent results 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present See also * Belgium Fed Cup team External links {{National sports teams of Belgium Davis Cup teams Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... Tennis in Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nafissatou Thiam
Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam (; born 19 August 1994) is a Belgian athlete specializing in multi-event competition. Thiam is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning the heptathlon event at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the only Belgian athlete, male or female, to successfully defend an Olympic title and only the second woman after Jackie Joyner-Kersee to win back-to-back Olympic titles in the event. She won the gold medals at the 2017 and 2022 World Championships and 2018 and 2022 European Championships as well as the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. She was voted IAAF World Athlete of the Year in 2017. She was a Belgian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In May 2017, at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria, she became only the fourth woman to break the heptathlon 7000 point-barrier. As of October 2022, Thiam holds the Belgian records in women's heptathlon, women's javelin and women's long jump (out and indoor). She set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Goffin
David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the Belgian No. 1, and the first Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. Goffin has won six ATP titles and reached nine other finals, most notably at the 2017 ATP Finals. Goffin's breakthrough came at the 2012 French Open, where he was a lucky loser making his major debut. He reached the fourth round before losing to Roger Federer in four sets. Goffin has since reached four major quarterfinals, at the 2016 French Open, and the 2017 Australian Open, and the 2019 and 2022 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2017 ATP Finals, Goffin defeated Dominic Thiem, world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and world No. 2 Roger Federer en route to the final where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. Playing style and endorsements Goffin plays a baseline-oriented game, and he is considered to be an offensive baseliner, with accurate and powerful groundstrokes. He has a good for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Sports
2017 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Calendar by month January February March April May June July August September October November December Air sports Aerobatics * July 9 – 17: 5th FAI World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championship in Tula ** Overall winner: Oleg Shpolianskii ** Overall teams winners: (Oleg Shpolianskii, Vladimir Kotelnikov) * July 27 – August 5: 8th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń ** Overall Advanced winners: 1st. Gustav Salminen, 2nd. Erwin George, 3rd: Michał Klimaszewski ** Advanced Teams winners: 1st: (Michał Klimaszewski, Agata Nykaza, Mirosław Wrześniewski), 2nd: (Erwin George, Benoit Madrenas, Eric Lanquetin), 3rd: (Ciprian Lupaș, Valentin Hota, Gál Zsolt) * July 27 – August 5: 20th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń ** Overall Unlimited winners: 1st. Ferenc Tóth, 2nd: János Szilágyi, 3rd: Luca Bertossio ** Unlimited Teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Martinez
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden Hazard
Eden Michael Walter Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid. Known for his creativity, dribbling, passing and vision, Hazard is considered one of the best players of his generation. Hazard is the son of two former footballers and began his career in Belgium playing for local youth clubs. In 2005, he moved to France, where he began his senior career with Ligue 1 club Lille. Hazard spent two years in the club's academy and, at the age of 16, made his professional debut in November 2007. He became an integral part of the Lille team under manager Rudi Garcia. In his first full season, he became the first non-French player to win the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year award, and the following season became the first player to win the award twice. In the 2010–11 season, he was a part of the Lille team that won the league and cup double and, as a result of his performances, was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Sports
2018 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main events for this year were the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang. Calendar by month *February 9 – Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. Air sports World Cups ; Aeromodelling * May 19 & 20: 2018 F3A Leiria World Cup in Leiria ; Parachuting * January 12 – 14: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #1 in Bad Leonfelden ** Men's Individual winner: Reinhold Haibel ** Women's Individual winner: Magdalena Schwertl ** Mixed Team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1 (Manuel Sulzbacher, Magdalena Schwertl, Julia Schosser, Sebastian Graser) ** Giant slalom winners: Reinhold Haibel (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f) * February 2 – 4: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #2 in Ponte di Legno ** Paraski Combi Men's winner: Marco Valente ** Paraski Combi Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl ** P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane McLeod (field Hockey)
Shane McLeod (born 4 September 1968) is a New Zealand field hockey coach. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he coached the New Zealand national field hockey team. He has also coached several clubs in Belgium. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he was the head coach of the Belgium men's national field hockey team The Belgian national men's field hockey team represents Belgium in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium. Belgium won the Men's Hockey World Cup ... that won the silver medal. He was best coach of the year in 2017 and 2018 for his dedication with the Belgian field hockey team. He was the head coach of the Red Lions when they won the world title in 2018, the European Championship in 2019, and the Olympic title in Tokyo 2020. In 2019 he was voted best coach of the year in Belgium. References External linksOfficial *Shane McLeodat The Hockey Site Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yari Verschaeren
Yari Verschaeren (born 12 July 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Club career Verschaeren is a youth product from Anderlecht, joining the club at age 9 from Beveren. In 2017, Verschaeren signed his first contract at Anderlecht. Verschaeren made his first team debut on 25 November 2018 against Sint-Truiden, before being substituted after 78 minutes in a 4–2 away defeat. Four days later, he made his debut in the Europa League against Spartak Trnava. He was subbed on in the 81st minute. On 27 January 2019, he scored his first goal for Anderlecht against KAS Eupen. International career Verschaeren made his international debut for Belgium on 9 September 2019, coming on as a late substitute against Scotland in a Euro 2020 qualifier. A month later, he scored his first goal, from a penalty, in Belgium's 9–0 win against San Marino. Career statistics Club International :''Scores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
