Dirk Heylen

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Dirk Heylen
Curler
 ♂
Born (1967-08-23) 23 August 1967 (age 57)
Team
Curling clubCC Mechelen,
CC Zemst [1] [2]
Mixed doubles
partner		 Veerle Geerinckx
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
World Mixed Championship
appearances		2 (2019, 2024)
European Championship
appearances		7 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018)
Other appearances World Senior Championships: 1 (2019)

Dirk Heylen (born 23 August 1967) [3] is a Belgian curler and curling coach. [4] Heylen is secretary of the Belgian Curling Association (BCA) [5] and is affiliated with Curling Club Zemst. [6] [7]

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In mixed doubles he formed a team with Veerle Geerinckx. The duo participated in the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger. [8] [9] Later that year, Heylen also participated in the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship (for teams) in Aberdeen together with Veerle Geerinckx, Danielle Berus and Stephane Vandermeeren. [10] In addition, he has been a member of the Belgian curling team, the Red Rocks, since 2005. [11] [12] As an alternate, he finished fifth with the national team in the 2023 European Curling Championships (B division) in Perth, Scotland. [13] [14] [15]

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)

References

  1. ↑ Curling Club Zemst (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Curling Zemst on Facebook
  3. ↑ "Personal details: Dirk Heylen". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Dirk Heylen at World Curling OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ "Bond". belgiancurling (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Allereerste curlinghal van België bijna voltooid in Zemst | Ring". Ring-tv (in Dutch). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Terug van weggeweest: Benelux Curling Championship in enige curlinghal van het land". Het Laatste Nieuws . 29 September 2019.
  8. ↑ DIERICKX Robby, Vlaamse burgemeester heeft ticket beet voor WK curling, Het Laatste Nieuws, 9 January 2019
  9. ↑ DIERICKX Robby, Zemstse burgemeester ruilt sjerp even voor borstel en steen op WK curling: “Ons meten met wereldtop”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 18 April 2019
  10. ↑ Curling Club Zemst verdedigt nationale driekleur op WK in Schotland, Het Nieuwsblad, 10 October 2019
  11. ↑ "Curling: les Belges gagnent leurs deux premiers duels". RTBF (in French). 7 December 2008.
  12. ↑ "National Curling Teams". Belgian Curling.
  13. ↑ "Championnats d'Europe B de curling - La Belgique qualifiée chez les messieurs, les dames réléguées en division C". La Libre Belgique (in French). 23 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Belgische mannenploeg behoudt na twee nieuwe zeges uitzicht op promotie in het curling". Gazet van Antwerpen . 24 November 2023.
  15. ↑ PEETERS, Leo. "Belgische 'Red Rocks' worden vijfde op het EK curling in Schotse Perth". Fan2.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.


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