Wouter D'Haene
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Wouter D'Haene (
Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...
, 5 May 1982) is a Belgian
canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...
er 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 The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics ...
in Gainesville. D'Haene also finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
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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 participate. In 2009 he was sixth on the Europeans in Brandenburg on the K1 1000m.


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* * 1982 births Belgian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Belgium ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-canoe-bio-stub