Bruno De Wannemaeker (born 19 March 1959 in Nioki,
Belgian Congo
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) is a Belgian sports administrator.
Life and career
In 1981 he graduated as
Master in physical education and in 1983 as
Master of rehabilitation science and physiotherapy at the Sports Institute of the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. During his university studies he was active as an alpine skier, handball player and windsurfer. He also played a prominent role in the student sports organisation
Apolloon as praeses finances, praeses skistage and praeses kiné.
After mandatory military service in the Belgian army at the
Royal Military Academy in
Brussels
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, where he worked as chief physiotherapist, he worked for the Landelijke Windsurfing Federatie, Sun Touroperators Belgium, exportmanager for Biscuits Dupon en Belgian chocolates Van Coillie, Balta Industries and Event Masters.
Since 2002, he has worked for the Flemish Government
Bloso as a sports- and event-manager at the Flanders Sports Arena,
Topsporthal Vlaanderen in
Ghent
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.
Sailing, windsurfing and kiteboard
* Since the mid-nineteen-eighties, he has been involved in race management, organization, juries and measurement on more than 100 International, European, Continental and World Championships in
sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...
,
windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...
, and
kiteboarding
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, or snow surface. It combines aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wak ...
. His specialty lies mainly the windsurfing disciplines such as slalom,
formula windsurfing, freestyle, and
wave riding. In 2007, he was one of the first to be involved in the
kite racing discipline. He was appointed at the 2008
Beijing Olympics as International Race Officer on the 49R and windsurfing course and International Measurer for the RS:X class, 2010
Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consiste ...
in Singapore (2010) as International Measurer for sailing and windsurfing and the 2012
London Olympics as International Measurer for the RS:X class.
In 2012 he was associated with the ISAF Council's decision in May 2012 to replace the RS:X class with Kiteboard racing. The decision created a grass roots campaign to reinstate the RS:X Class and was overturned by the ISAF General Assembly, whic
reinstated windsurfingas an Olympic Discipline in Dublin on 10 November of the same year. The somewhat unfortunate legacy of the short-lived decision has not entirely dissipated since.
* As a sports administrator he has been involved in the Flemish Yachting Association (VYF), (previously Flemish windsurfing association (LWF) and CWV) mainly on educational, training and top sport issues, the
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) (previously IYRU) as a member of the "Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Committee" (previously "Windsurfing Committee") since 1997.
* He received international recognition as ISAF
International Race Officer of Sailing in 2002, ISAF
International Measurer of Sailing (Funboard, Formula Windsurfing in 2007 and Kiteboard in 2011) and ISAF
International Judge of Sailing in 2009.
* He has been a board member of the
International Funboard Class Association since 1989 and President since 2001.
* He has been vice-president of the
International Windsurfing Association since 2001.
* He has been vice-president of the Vlaamse Yachting Federatie since 2004.
* He has been a board member of the
International Kiteboarding Association
The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA), is the only kiteboarding class inside the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The IKA class rules fall in the category of a development class.
History
The International Kiteboarding Associ ...
since 2010 and vice–president since 2011.
* He was a member of the ISAF Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Committee from 2005 and vice-president from 2013 until its dissolution.
* He has been a member of the ISAF Equipment Committee since 2009.
* He has been a member of the ISAF International Measurers Sub-committee
since 2013.
References
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Belgian sports executives and administrators
Living people
1959 births