Dirk Heylen

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Dirk Heylen
 
Born (1967-08-23) 23 August 1967 (age 54)
Team
Curling clubCC Mechelen,
CC Zemst [1] [2]
Mixed doubles
partner
Veerle Geerinckx
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
1 (2019)
European Championship
appearances
7 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018)
Other appearances World Mixed Championship: 1 (2019),
World Senior Championships: 1 (2019)

Dirk Heylen (born 23 August 1967) is a Belgian curler and curling coach. [3]

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He is left-handed and has been curling since 2003.

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2005–06 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Samie Witzig Thomas Suter Dirk Heylen Rolf Siegrist ECC 2005 (15th)
2006–07Pieter-Jan WitzigMarc SuterThomas SuterSamie WitzigDirk Heylen ECC 2006 (15th)
2007–08Pieter-Jan WitzigMarc SuterThomas SuterSamie WitzigDirk Heylen Willi Bless ECC 2007 (23rd)
2008–09Thomas SuterMarc Suter Walter Verbueken Dirk Heylen Peter Suter Peter Suter ECC 2008 (17th)
2013–14 Timothy Verreycken Walter Verbueken Nils Beosier Dirk Heylen Gregory Janbroers Elly Lipkens ECC 2013 (26th)
2014–15Timothy VerreyckenDirk HeylenWalter VerbuekenGregory Janbroers Tom van Waterschoot ECC 2014 (18th)
2018–19 Stefan van Dijck Christophe Stessens Bart Palmans Tom van Loock Dirk HeylenDirk Heylen ECC 2018 (29th)
John Robillard Peter Suter Gery Hermans Wayne Fitzpatrick Dirk Heylen Helga Robillard WSCC 2019 (18th)

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
2019–20Dirk Heylen (fourth) Danielle Berus Stephane Vandermeeren Veerle Geerinckx (skip) WMxCC 2019 (40th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleEvents
2018–19Dirk Heylen Veerle Geerinckx WMDCC 2019 (40th)
2019–20Dirk HeylenVeerle Geerinckx WMDQ 2019 (14th)

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
20082008 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (junior men)
9
20092009 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (junior men)
12
2011 2011 European Curling Championships (group C)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (women)
26 (total)
2015 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (mixed team)
28
2018 2018 European Curling Championships (group C)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (men)
29 (total)

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