Lisa Marie-Louise Verschueren (born 14 June 1995) is a retired Belgian

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Biography

In 2014, aged 18, she was crowned Belgian all-around champion in

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

, scoring 14.000 on vault, 13.800 on uneven bars, 12.633 on beam, and 12.766 on floor exercise, for an all-around score of 53.199. In October of the same year she participated in the

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with Belgium, finishing eleventh. In June 2015 she and

Gaelle Mys Gaelle Mys (born 16 November 1991) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. The 2007 and 2008 senior all-around Belgian National Champion

led Belgium to a silver in the first edition of the Flanders Team Challenge, won by Germany. In 2015 she finished fourth on

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at the

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, missing the podium only narrowly. In December 2015 she retired from artistic gymnastics due to a heart condition.

Competitive history

References

1995 births Living people Belgian female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Sint-Niklaas European Games competitors for Belgium Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games {{Belgium-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub