Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | BEL |
NPC | Belgian Paralympic Committee |
in Tokyo, Japan August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021 | |
Competitors | 31 in 10 sports |
Flag bearers | Michèle George and Bruno Vanhove |
Medals |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Belgium competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September.[1]
Medalists
Competitors
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Boccia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cycling | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Equestrian | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Goalball | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Table Tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Wheelchair Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 23 | 8 | 31 |
Archery
Piotr Van Montagu has qualified to compete following winning a silver medal at the Paralympic Qualifying Tournament.[2]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Rank | ||
Piotr Van Montagu | Men's individual compound | 683 PB | 18 | ![]() W 143-130 |
![]() L 142-143 |
Did not qualify |
Athletics
- Men's track
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Peter Genyn | 100m T51 | — | 20.33 PR | ![]() | |
200m T51 | — | 37.11 | ![]() | ||
Roger Habsch | 100m T51 | — | 20.76 | ![]() | |
200m T51 | — | 38.33 | ![]() |
- Women's track
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Gitte Haenen | 100m T63 | 16.70 SB | 6 | Did not advance | |
Joyce Lefevre | 100m T34 | — | 19.63 | 7 | |
800m T34 | — | 2:24.96 | 7 |
- Women's field
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | |||
Gitte Haenen | Long jump T63 | 3.72 SB | 9 |
Boccia
Belgium have qualified to compete at boccia for the first time via world rankings.[3]
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Opponent | Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Francis Rombouts | Individual BC2 | ![]() |
L 2-10 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
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L 2-2* | ||||||||
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W 8-1 |
Cycling
Diederick Schelfhout, Ewoud Vromant, Griet Hoet, Jean-François Deberg, Jonas Van De Steene, Laurence Vandevyver, Maxime Hordies and Tim Celen have all qualified to compete.
Road
- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Maxime Hordies | Time trial H1 | 47:01.23 | ![]() |
Road race H1–2 | -1 Lap | ||
Tim Celen | Time trial T1-2 | 30:44.21 | ![]() |
Road race T1-2 | 52:15 | ![]() | |
Jean-François Deberg | Road race H3 | 2:41:33 | 5 |
Diederick Schelfhout | Time trial C3 | 38:54.84 | 12 |
Road race C1–3 | 2:11:06 | 8 | |
Jonas Van de Steen | Time trial H4 | 44:07.03 | 9 |
Road race H4 | 2:23:54 | 4 | |
Ewoud Vromant | Time trial C2 | 36:11.79 | ![]() |
Road race C1–3 | 2:19:19 | 16 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Griet Hoet piloted by Anneleen Monsieur |
Time trial B | 52:07.58 | 7 |
Road race B | DNF | ||
Laurence Vandevyver | Time trial H1-3 | 41:07.14 | 8 |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Jonas Van de Steen Laurence Vandevyver Jean-François Deberg |
Mixed team relay H1–5 | 57:08 | 8 |
Track
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Diederick Schelfhout | Individual pursuit C3 | 3:30.284 | 5 | Did not qualify | |
Time trial C1–3 | — | 1:08.825 | 7 | ||
Ewoud Vromant | Individual pursuit C2 | DSQ | did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Griet Hoet piloted by Anneleen Monsieur |
Time Trial B | — | 1:07.943 | ![]() | |
Individual Pursuit B | 3:25.418 QB | 4 | 3:25.654 | 4 |
Equestrian
Belgium have four riders qualified to compete including Barbara Minneci, Kevin Van Ham, Manon Claeys and Michèle George.
- Individual
Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
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Manon Claeys | San Dior 2 | Mixed individual championship test grade IV | 72.853 | ![]() |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV | 75.680 | ![]() | ||
Michèle George | Best of 8 | Mixed individual championship test grade V | 76.476 | ![]() |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade V | 80.590 | ![]() | ||
Barbara Minneci | Stuart | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 70.853 | 6 Q |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 73.840 | 4 | ||
Kevin Van Ham | Eros Van Ons Heem | Mixed individual championship test grade V | 69.357 | 7 Q |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade V | 70.860 | 8 |
- Team
Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |
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TT | Score | Rank | |||
Manon Claeys | See above | Team | 73.775 | 223.087 | 5 |
Michèle George | 77.047 | ||||
Barbara Minneci | 72.265 |
Goalball
Belgium men's national goalball team qualified by winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Goalball World Championships.[4][5]
Men
The following is the Belgium roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[6]
No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
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1 | Arne Vanhove | B2 | 17 August 1983 (aged 38) |
2 | Wassime Amnir | B1 | 1 February 1991 (aged 30) |
3 | Bruno Vanhove | B3 | 17 August 1983 (aged 38) |
5 | Klison Mapreni | B2 | 9 October 1992 (aged 28) |
6 | Tom Vanhove | B2 | 17 August 1983 (aged 38) |
8 | Rob Eijssen | B1 | 11 January 1991 (aged 30) |
- Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 6 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 6 |
26 August 2021 09:00 |
Belgium ![]() |
10−3 | ![]() |
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands) |
Mapreni 8 T. Vanhove 1 Amnir 1 |
Report | Yang Mingyuan 1 Hu Mingyao 1 Lai Liangyu 1 | ||
27 August 2021 09:00 |
Turkey ![]() |
4–6 | ![]() |
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain) |
Karakaya 3 Gündoğdu 1 |
Report | B. Vanhove 3 Mapreni 2 T. Vanhove 1 | ||
28 August 2021 19:00 |
Germany ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania) |
Dennis 2 | Report | |||
29 August 2021 13:15 |
Belgium ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain) |
Mapreni 2 | Report | Oliinyk 2 Zhyhalin 2 | ||
Swimming
Belgium have qualified two swimmers, one male and one female, to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Aymeric Parmentier | Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB14 | 1:10.12 | 6 | Did not advance | |
Tatyana Lebrun | Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB9 | 1:27.96 | 6 | Did not advance |
Table tennis
Belgium entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Laurens Devos & Florian Van Acker qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden.[7]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Bart Brands | Individual C5 | ![]() L 1–3 |
![]() L 1–3 |
3 | Did not advance | |||
Laurens Devos | Individual C9 | ![]() W 3–0 |
![]() W 3–0 |
1 Q | ![]() W 3–0 |
![]() W 3–0 |
![]() W 3–1 |
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Florian Van Acker | Individual C11 | ![]() W 3–2 |
![]() W 3–0 |
1 Q | ![]() W 3–1 |
![]() L 2–3 |
Did not advance | ![]() |
Wheelchair tennis
Belgium qualified two players entries for wheelchair tennis. All of them qualified by the world rankings.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Joachim Gérard | Men's singles | Bye | ![]() W 6-1, 6-1 |
![]() L 3-6, 4-6 |
Did not advance | |||
Jef Vandorpe | ![]() W 6–4, 6–1 |
![]() W 3–6, 6–1, 6-0 |
![]() L 2-6, 1-6 |
Did not advance | ||||
Joachim Gérard & Jef Vandorpe | Men's doubles | — | Bye | ![]() W 6-3, 6-1 |
![]() L 2-6, 2-6 |
Did not advance |
See also
References
- ^ "Athletes - Paralympic Team Belgium (in Belgian)". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Piotr Van Montagu selected for the Paralympics". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Rombouts first Belgian athlete picked for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". insidethegames.biz. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Belgium confident after qualification". International Paralympic Committee. 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Bruno Vanhove looks to the future". International Paralympic Committee. 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Goalball – Team Belgium". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.