Erik Derycke (born 1970) is a Belgian quiz player best known for his success with the national team and his double gold at the
European Quizzing Championships
The European Quizzing Championships (EQC) are an annual multi-disciplinary quiz event, in which representatives from various countries compete as individuals, in pairs, and/or in teams (club or national).
History
As most of the top players in the ...
(EQC) 2007 with his partner
Tom Trogh.
Quiz
He has been a national team member since 2003 when his team won the "England-Belgium interland", the precursor of the EQC. Derycke has won three European titles in 2005, 2006 and 2008, Silver in five other competitions and Bronze in 2011 with the national site.
He also won the EQC double title with national teammate Tom Trogh (also from
Leuven) in 2007, and Silver in 2011. The other two national players are
Ronny Swiggers
Ronny Swiggers (born 1961 in Belgium) from Mechelen is one of Belgium's most successful quiz players. In November 2013 he became European Quizzing Champion, winning the individual competition at the European C ...
and
Nico Pattyn.
With his club "Clockwork" (line-up Tom Trogh, Marnix Baes, Bart Permentier) he won European Silver in 2007 and Bronze in 2010 and 2013.
His strongest subject is Culture. In individual competition he reached the 9th place three times at the
World Quizzing Championships
The World Quizzing Championships is an individual quiz contest organised by the International Quizzing Association (the umbrella organisation of various quizzing organisations from more than 25 countries around the world). The competition has bee ...
, in 2005, 2006 and 2010.
Outside quizzing
He studied Germanic Literature, and now works as the chief editor of Belgian photography magazine "Shoot" which severely limits his time to quiz.
References
External links
Bio at QuizmeisterschaftenHis club Clockwork
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1970 births
Living people
IQA team event gold medalists