 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 2000 Uccle, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | K1, Kayak cross | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Koninklijke Cano Club Mechelen [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Roberto di Angelo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Gabriel De Coster (Uccle, 25 October 2000) [2] is a Belgian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2017. [3]
De Coster won the gold medal in kayak cross individual at the 2025 European Championships in Vaires-sur-Marne.
In October 2020 he was a surprise bronze medalist in the K1 event at the U23 European Championships. [4]
On 6 May 2021, De Coster progressed to the semifinal of the 2021 European Championships, qualifying to represent Belgium in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [5] [6] He finished 22nd after being eliminated in the heats.
De Coster delivered a breakthrough performance at the Pau round of the 2022 Canoe Slalom World Cup, winning the K1 event in a time of 97.94 seconds. [7] This was Gabriel's first final at the senior level and marked Belgium's first World Cup victory. [8] [9]
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 August 2022 | Pau | 1st | K1 |
| 2025 | 29 June 2025 | Prague | 1st | Kayak cross individual |
| Year | WC1 | WC2 | WC3 | WC4 | WC5 | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Lee Valley  | Bratislava  | Tacen  | Markkleeberg  36 | Prague  47 | 13 | 70th |
| 2021 | Prague 59 | Markkleeberg 54 | La Seu  | Pau  | 4 | 87th | |
| 2022 | Prague 28 | Kraków  | Tacen | Pau 1 | La Seu | 77 |
| Year | Level | Venue | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Junior European | Hohenlimburg | K1 | 18th |
| Junior World | Bratislava | K1 | 65th | |
| 2018 | Junior European | Bratislava | K1 team | 8th |
| K1 | 27th | |||
| Junior World |  Ivrea | K1 team | 15th | |
| K1 | 14th | |||
| European | Prague | K1 | 41st | |
| 2019 | U23 European | Liptovský Mikuláš | K1 team | 9th |
| K1 | 36th | |||
| U23 World | Kraków | K1 | 32nd | |
| Extreme | 18th | |||
| European | Pau | K1 team | 15th | |
| K1 | 40th | |||
| World | La Seu | K1 team | 25th | |
| K1 | 49th | |||
| 2020 | U23 European | Kraków | K1 | 3rd |
| European | Prague | K1 | 19th | |
| 2021 | U23 European | Solkan | K1 team | 11th |
| K1 | 27th | |||
| European | Ivrea | K1 team | 16th | |
| K1 | 30th | |||
| Olympic |  Tokyo | K1 | 22nd | |
| World | Bratislava | K1 | 29th | |
| 2022 | U23 European | České Budějovice | K1 team | 6th |
| K1 | 10th | |||
| Extreme | 12th | |||
| U23 World | Ivrea | K1 team | 4th | |
| K1 | 13th | |||
| Extreme | 25th | |||
| European | Liptovský Mikuláš | K1 | 31st | |
| Extreme | 41st | |||
| World | Augsburg | K1 team | 17th | |
| K1 | 100th | |||
| Extreme | 23rd |
