Daniel Van de Wiele (born November 10, 1956 in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

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), is a

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referee, most notable for his refereeing of the WBC heavyweight titlefight between

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and

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on April 21, 2001. He has also refereed the 2009 the WBC heavyweight titlefight between

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, which ended in the ninth round with Gómez unable to continue.

Work as referee

Van de Wiele started his work as a boxing

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on December 13, 1980. Since then, Daniel Van de Wiele has refereed over 680 titlefights. His most notable fights refereeing include the 2001 WBC Heavyweight title and the 2009 WBC Heavyweight title.

Personal

Daniel Van de Wiele is married to Olena Pobyvailo. They have a daughter, Sophie, and Daniel has 2 children from a first marriage, Koen and Dorien.

References

External links

*http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=400862&cat=referee *http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=400862&cat=judge Boxing referees 1956 births Belgian referees and umpires Living people Sportspeople from Leuven {{Belgium-boxing-bio-stub