| Kaat Van Daele | |
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 Van Daele at the 2012 European Championships | |
| Born | 24 August 1989 Ghent, Belgium |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coach | Karel Fajfr |
| Skating club | Heuvelkouter Liederke |
| Began skating | 1997 |
Kaat Van Daele (born 24 August 1989) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time Belgian national champion and has qualified twice for the free skate at the European Championships.
Van Daele began skating when she was 6 or 7 years old. [1] She finished second at Belgian Nationals several times before winning her first title in 2013. That same season, she finished 18th at the European Championships and competed at her first World Championships, where she placed 28th.
In the 2013–14 season, Van Daele won her second national title and placed 20th at the European Championships.
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2013–2014 [2] |
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| 2011–2013 [3] [4] |
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| Results [5] | |||||||||
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| International | |||||||||
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
| Worlds | 28th | 28th | |||||||
| Europeans | 26th | 18th | 20th | ||||||
| Bavarian Open | 11th | 21st | 13th | ||||||
| Challenge Cup | 15th J. | 7th | |||||||
| Cup of Nice | 14th J. | 21st | 29th | ||||||
| Gardena | 14th | ||||||||
| Hellmut Seibt | 9th | ||||||||
| Ice Challenge | 18th | ||||||||
| Istanbul Cup | 4th | ||||||||
| Lombardia | 8th | ||||||||
| Mont Blanc | 10th | ||||||||
| Nebelhorn | 22nd | ||||||||
| NRW Trophy | 7th J. | 16th | 16th | 7th | |||||
| Ondrej Nepela | 10th | 13th | |||||||
| Printemps | 4th | 5th | |||||||
| Warsaw Cup | 13th | ||||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||
| JGP Belarus | 25th | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Belgian Champ. | 7th J. | 2nd J. | 2nd J. | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
| J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix | |||||||||
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