Wouter D'Haene (born 5 May 1982) is a
Belgian
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sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the
2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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in
Gainesville.
D'Haene also finished fifth in the
K-2 1000 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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. In 2005 he finished fourth in the K2 1000m on the world Championship in Zagreb and on the ninth position in Szeged 2006.
After 2007 he started paddling in the K1. He reached the final on the European Championship 2008 in Milan, finished as seventh and was qualified for the Olympics in Beijing. He Could not compete because the Belgian Olympic Federation didn't want to.
In 2009 he was sixth on the Europeans in Brandenburg on the K1 1000m.
References
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1982 births
Belgian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists of Belgium
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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