Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Belgium at the
2020 Summer Paralympics

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IPC code| BEL
NPC| Belgian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors| 31 in 10 sports
Flag bearers | Michèle George and Bruno Vanhove
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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Belgium competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September.[1]

## Medalists

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Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Michèle George | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade V | 26 August
Gold | Laurens Devos | Table tennis | Men's individual – Class 9 | 28 August
Gold | Michèle George | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade V | 30 August
Gold | Peter Genyn | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T51 | 3 September
Silver | Ewoud Vromant | Cycling | Men's road time trial C2 | 31 August
Silver | Peter Genyn | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T51 | 31 August
Silver | Tim Celen | Cycling | Men's road race T1–2 | 2 September
Bronze | Griet Hoet
Pilot: Anneleen Monsieur | Cycling | Women's individual pursuit B | 26 August
Bronze | Manon Claeys | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade IV | 26 August
Bronze | Florian Van Acker | Table tennis | Men's individual class 11 | 28 August
Bronze | Manon Claeys | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 30 August
Bronze | Roger Habsch | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T51 | 31 August
Bronze | Maxime Hordies | Cycling | Men's road time trial H1 | 31 August
Bronze | Tim Celen | Cycling | Men's road time trial T1–2 | 31 August
Bronze | Roger Habsch | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T51 | 3 September

## Competitors

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Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1
Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4
Boccia | 1 | 0 | 1
Cycling | 6 | 2 | 8
Equestrian | 1 | 3 | 4
Goalball | 6 | 0 | 6
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2
Table Tennis | 3 | 0 | 3
Wheelchair Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2
Total | 23 | 8 | 31

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Piotr Van Montagu has qualified to compete following winning a silver medal at the Paralympic Qualifying Tournament.[2]

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Rank
Piotr Van Montagu | Men's individual compound | 683 PB | 18  |  Aungaphinan (THA)
W 143-130  |  Biabani (IRI)
L 142-143  | Did not qualify

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's track
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Peter Genyn | 100m T51 | —  | 20.33 PR |
200m T51 | —  | 37.11  |
Roger Habsch | 100m T51 | —  | 20.76  |
200m T51 | —  | 38.33  |

Women's track
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Gitte Haenen | 100m T63 | 16.70 SB | 6  | Did not advance
Joyce Lefevre | 100m T34 | —  | 19.63  | 7
800m T34 | —  | 2:24.96  | 7

Women's field
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Gitte Haenen | Long jump T63 | 3.72 SB | 9

## Boccia

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Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium have qualified to compete at boccia for the first time via world rankings.[3]

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opponent  | Opposition

Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Francis Rombouts | Individual BC2 |  Mezik (SVK) | L 2-10  | 3  | Did not advance
Saengampa (THA) | L 2-2*
Hipwell (GBR) | W 8-1

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Diederick Schelfhout, Ewoud Vromant, Griet Hoet, Jean-François Deberg, Jonas Van De Steene, Laurence Vandevyver, Maxime Hordies and Tim Celen have all qualified to compete.

### Road

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Maxime Hordies | Time trial H1 | 47:01.23  |
Road race H1–2 | -1 Lap
Tim Celen | Time trial T1-2 | 30:44.21  |
Road race T1-2 | 52:15  |
Jean-François Deberg | Road race H3 | 2:41:33  | 5
Diederick Schelfhout | Time trial C3 | 38:54.84  | 12
Road race C1–3 | 2:11:06  | 8
Jonas Van de Steen | Time trial H4 | 44:07.03  | 9
Road race H4 | 2:23:54  | 4
Ewoud Vromant | Time trial C2 | 36:11.79  |
Road race C1–3 | 2:19:19  | 16

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Griet Hoet
piloted by Anneleen Monsieur | Time trial B | 52:07.58  | 7
Road race B | DNF
Laurence Vandevyver | Time trial H1-3 | 41:07.14  | 8

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jonas Van de Steen
Laurence Vandevyver
Jean-François Deberg | Mixed team relay H1–5 | 57:08  | 8

### Track

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Diederick Schelfhout | Individual pursuit C3 | 3:30.284  | 5  | Did not qualify
Time trial C1–3 | —  | 1:08.825  | 7
Ewoud Vromant | Individual pursuit C2 | DSQ  | did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Griet Hoet
piloted by Anneleen Monsieur | Time Trial B | —  | 1:07.943  |
Individual Pursuit B | 3:25.418 QB | 4  | 3:25.654  | 4

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium have four riders qualified to compete including Barbara Minneci, Kevin Van Ham, Manon Claeys and Michèle George.

Individual
Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Score  | Rank

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Manon Claeys | San Dior 2  |  Mixed individual championship test grade IV | 72.853  |  Q
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV | 75.680  |
Michèle George | Best of 8  |  Mixed individual championship test grade V | 76.476  |  Q
Mixed individual freestyle test grade V | 80.590  |
Barbara Minneci | Stuart  |  Mixed individual championship test grade III | 70.853  | 6 Q
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 73.840  | 4
Kevin Van Ham | Eros Van Ons Heem  |  Mixed individual championship test grade V | 69.357  | 7 Q
Mixed individual freestyle test grade V | 70.860  | 8

Team
Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Individual score  | Total

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TT | Score  | Rank
Manon Claeys | See above | Team | 73.775  | 223.087  | 5
Michèle George | 77.047
Barbara Minneci | 72.265

## Goalball

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Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium men's national goalball team qualified by winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Goalball World Championships.[4][5]

### Men

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The following is the Belgium roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. | Player  | Class  | Date of birth (age)

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1 | Arne Vanhove | B2 |  (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
2 | Wassime Amnir | B1 |  (1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 30)
3 | Bruno Vanhove | B3 |  (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
5 | Klison Mapreni | B2 |  (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 28)
6 | Tom Vanhove | B2 |  (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
8 | Rob Eijssen | B1 |  (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 30)

Group stage
Pos | Team

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1  |  Belgium | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 18  | 13  | +5  | 6  | Quarter-finals
2  |  Ukraine | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 18  | 15  | +3  | 6
3  |  Turkey | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 15  | 15  | 0  | 6
4  |  China | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 21  | 22  | −1  | 6
5  |  Germany | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 16  | 23  | −7  | 6  |

Source: TOCOG

26 August 2021
09:00  | Belgium | 10−3 |  China | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)

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Mapreni 8
T. Vanhove 1
Amnir 1  | Report | Yang Mingyuan 1
Hu Mingyao 1
Lai Liangyu 1
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27 August 2021
09:00  | Turkey | 4–6 |  Belgium | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)

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Karakaya 3
Gündoğdu 1  | Report | B. Vanhove 3
Mapreni 2
T. Vanhove 1
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28 August 2021
19:00  | Germany | 2–0 |  Belgium | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)

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Dennis 2  | Report |
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29 August 2021
13:15  | Belgium | 2–4 |  Ukraine | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)

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Mapreni 2  | Report | Oliinyk 2
Zhyhalin 2
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## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium have qualified two swimmers, one male and one female, to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Aymeric Parmentier | Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB14 | 1:10.12  | 6  | Did not advance
Tatyana Lebrun | Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB9 | 1:27.96  | 6  | Did not advance

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Laurens Devos & Florian Van Acker qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden.[7]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Bart Brands | Individual C5 |  Cheng (TPE)
L 1–3  |  Hunter-Spivey (GBR)
L 1–3  | 3  | Did not advance
Laurens Devos | Individual C9 |  Perez Gonzalez (ESP)
W 3–0  |  Leibovitz (USA)
W 3–0  | 1 Q |  Agunbiade (NGR)
W 3–0  |  Nozdrunov (RPC)
W 3–0  |  Ma (AUS)
W 3–1  |
Florian Van Acker | Individual C11 |  Takemori (JPN)
W 3–2  |  Martinez Barreto (VEN)
W 3–0  | 1 Q |  Chang (KOR)
W 3–1  |  Von Einem (AUS)
L 2–3  | Did not advance  |

## Wheelchair tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium qualified two players entries for wheelchair tennis. All of them qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Joachim Gérard | Men's singles | Bye  |  Ratzlaff (USA)
W 6-1, 6-1  |  Caverzaschi (ESP)
L 3-6, 4-6  | Did not advance
Jef Vandorpe |  Langmann (AUT)
W 6–4, 6–1  |  Weekes (AUS)
W 3–6, 6–1, 6-0  |  Fernández (ARG)
L 2-6, 1-6  | Did not advance
Joachim Gérard & Jef Vandorpe | Men's doubles | —  | Bye  |  Carneiro Silva/Rodrigues (BRA)
W 6-3, 6-1  |  Hewett/Reid (GBR)
L 2-6, 2-6  | Did not advance

## See also

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* Belgium at the Paralympics
* Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Athletes - Paralympic Team Belgium (in Belgian)". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
2. ^ "Piotr Van Montagu selected for the Paralympics". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22.
3. ^ "Rombouts first Belgian athlete picked for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". insidethegames.biz. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27.
4. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Belgium confident after qualification". International Paralympic Committee. 11 September 2018.
5. ^ "Bruno Vanhove looks to the future". International Paralympic Committee. 8 January 2019.
6. ^ "Goalball – Team Belgium". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
7. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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National Paralympic Committees at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Congo
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea

Other|

* Refugee Paralympic Team
* RPC athletes

Withdrawn|

* Myanmar
* Turkmenistan
* East Timor
* Brunei
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Macau
* Suriname
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Liechtenstein
* San Marino
* Andorra
* Kiribati
* North Korea
* Samoa
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Suspended|

* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Seychelles
* Sudan

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*[Pos]: Position
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*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[BM]: Bronze medal match