Laurens Pannecoucke (born 19 July 1988 in
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Regio ...
) is a Belgian sprint canoeist.
Pannecoucke is a member of the canoe and kayak team for
Bloso Hazewinkel Sports Club in
Willebroek
Willebroek (, old spelling: ''Willebroeck'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of , Heindonk, , Klein Willebroek, and Willebroek proper. In 2021, Willebroek had a total population of ...
, and is coached and trained by Carlos Prendes.
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Pannecoucke qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the ]2012 Summer Olympics
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in London
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, by finishing fourth from the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was the thirty-ninth edition of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, that took place between 17 and 21 August 2011 in Szeged, Hungary. The Southern Hungarian city welcomed the world event for the ...
in Szeged, Hungary
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. Pannecoucke and his partner Olivier Cauwenbergh paddled to a second-place finish and tenth overall in the B-final by forty-seven hundredths of a second (0.47) behind the winning Danish pair Kim Wraae Knudsen and Emil Stær Simensen, posting their best Olympic time of 3:13.298. Three days later, the Belgian pair edged out Romania's Ionuț Mitrea
Ionuţ Alexandru Mitrea () (born 18 January 1990 in Bucharest) is a Romanian sprint canoeist. Mitrea is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Dynamo Bucharest Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Serban Romica.
Mitrea qualified for the ...
and Bogdan Mada
Bogdan Mada (born 14 February 1989 in Timișoara) is a Romanian sprint canoeist. Mada is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Steaua Army Sports Club in Bucharest ( ro, Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București), and is coached and trained ...
for fourth place by ten seconds, in the B-final of the men's K-2 200 metres, clocking at 36.336 seconds.
References
External links
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NBC Olympics Profile
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1988 births
Belgian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Belgium
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Kortrijk
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Belgium