Royal Sport Nautique de Gand, today named Koninklijke Roeivereniging Sport Gent (or KRSG), is a rowing club from

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established in 1883 as the fourth Ghent-based club.

International successes

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has three silver (

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and

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) and one bronze (

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) medal(s) as well as a ninth place at the

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. Frank Mangelschots has won a bronze medal in the double scull at the 1991 World Rowing Junior Championships The highest ranking was achieved by Eveline Peleman, when she became world champion in the women's lightweight single scull in

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. She also won a bronze medal at the World Rowing U23 Championships in the women's lightweight single scull that same year.

Ghent May regatta and Belgian International Open regatta

The club organises the annual Ghent May Regatta on the

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. It should not be confused with the other Ghent-based regattas, such as the annual Spring Regatta in April, organised by the Gentse Roei- en Sportvereniging or the International Regatta KRC Ghent, which is organised in late September by

Royal Club Nautique de Gand (English: ''Royal Rowing Club of Ghent'' / French: ''Royal Club Nautique de Gand'') is a rowing club from the Belgian city of Ghent founded in 1871. The association is located at the Ghent urban Watersportbaan rowing course. It has an extensiv ...

Henley Royal Regatta

The club was one of the first foreign winners of the famous

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. The first winning crew was a combination with

and some years later an all-KRSG team managed to win it a second time. The most recent participations were in 1983 and 2008.

Notable members

The current president is Patrick Rombaut. Gwenda Stevens, vice president and youth coach, is also the current president of the Belgian Rowing Federation. Victor "Fike" Uytterhaegen and Guido Terryn were the club's most successful coaches. Terryn most notably coached Rita Defauw,

Wim Van Belleghem Wim Van Belleghem (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian former rower from Koolkerke near Bruges. He won the World Championships lightweight class single scull in 1987. After Polydore Veirman of the Royal Club Nautique de Gand, and Eveline Peleman o ...

and the coxless pair made up of van Belleghem and Alain Lewuillon on an international level, as well as numerous other Belgium national teams.

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

References

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External links

KRSG Website (Dutch)

International May Regatta

KRSG on Facebook
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