Yannick Michiels

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Yannick Michiels
OWC 2023 CZE sprint 15.jpg
Personal information
Born (1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 33)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • Trol
  • Turun Metsankavijat
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Triangle Region Sprint
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Neuchâtel Sprint
World Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Wrocław Sprint

Yannick Michiels (born 29 July 1991) is a Belgian orienteer. [1] He is the first Belgian orienteer to receive a medal at the World Orienteering Championships, receiving a bronze medal in the sprint discipline at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships in Denmark. [2]

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Orienteering

He represented Belgium at the 2017 World Games in Poland, where he won a silver medal in the sprint distance. [3]

Michiels competed at the 2012, 2013, 2014 (7th in sprint), 2015 (5th in sprint) [4] and 2017 World Orienteering Championships. In 2021, he became the first Belgian to receive a medal in the European Orienteering Championships.

In 2022, Michiels won Belgium's first medal at the World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint final, held in Vejle, [2] Michiels won the bronze medal, coming behind Kasper Harlem Fosser and Gustav Bergman. Originally, Michiels placed fourth, but the runner who finished in third place (Kris Jones [5] ) was disqualified, giving Michiels the bronze medal. [2]

Athletics

Michiels has also competed for Belgium in Athletics, taking 59th place at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships in France. [6]

Personal life

Michiels is from Mol, Belgium. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Yannick Michiels". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Yannick Michiels from Mol is the first Belgian ever to win a medal at the World Orientation Run". Sporza. July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Official results for Sprint". IOF Eventor. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Results for Sprint Final on 02-Aug-2015". woc2015.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Results for Sprint Final 2022". woc2022.dk. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "World Athletics- Yannick Michiels". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2022.


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