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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1996 Bruges, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BTR- Bruges | |||||||||||||||||||
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Niels Van Zandweghe (born 28 February 1996) is a Belgian competitive rower, born in Bruges. [1] [2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, in men's lightweight double sculls.
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Robert Van de Walle is a retired Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics, from 1976 to 1992. Competing in the half-heavyweight category he won the gold medal in 1980 and a bronze in 1988 at the age of 34. Van de Walle won European titles in 1980, 1985 and 1986. Together with Ingrid Berghmans he was the face of Belgian judo in the late 1970s and 1980s. After retiring from competitions he ran a coaching company together with his wife. He was the head of the Belgian delegation at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In summer 2021, 14 years after obtaining the rank of black belt 8th dan; Van De Walle, currently a member of Judo Club Crossing Schaerbeek, accepted his promotion to 9th dan from the International Judo Federation.
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Alpecin–Deceuninck is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team that is based in Belgium. It competes both in the road and cyclo-cross seasons. The leaders of the team have in the past been cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert, Philipp Walsleben and Radomír Šimůnek. The team's current lead rider is the cyclocross world champion and multiple monuments winner Mathieu van der Poel.
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