Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Belgium at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	BEL
NPC	Belgian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan; August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021
Competitors	31 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Michèle George and
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 8 Total 15
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Belgium competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September.^[1]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michèle George	Equestrian		26 August
Gold	Laurens Devos	Table tennis		28 August
Gold	Michèle George	Equestrian		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:	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit B	26 August
Bronze	Manon Claeys	Equestrian		26 August
Bronze	Florian Van Acker	Table tennis		28 August
Bronze	Manon Claeys	Equestrian		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[]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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[]

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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
		683 PB	18	(THA) W 143-130	Biabani (IRI) L 142-143	Did not qualify

Athletics[]

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Peter Genyn	100m T51	N/A		20.33 PR
Peter Genyn	200m T51	N/A		37.11
Roger Habsch	100m T51	N/A		20.76
Roger Habsch	200m T51	N/A		38.33

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gitte Haenen	100m T63	16.70 SB	6	Did not advance
Joyce Lefevre	100m T34	N/A		19.63	7
Joyce Lefevre	800m T34	N/A		2:24.96	7

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Gitte Haenen	Long jump T63	3.72 SB	9

Boccia[]

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Individual BC2	(SVK)	L 2-10	3	Did not advance
		Saengampa (THA)	L 2-2*
		(GBR)	W 8-1

Cycling[]

, Ewoud Vromant, Griet Hoet, , , , Maxime Hordies and Tim Celen have all qualified to compete.

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maxime Hordies	Time trial H1	47:01.23
Maxime Hordies	Road race H1–2	-1 Lap
Tim Celen	Time trial T1-2	30:44.21
Tim Celen	Road race T1-2	52:15
	Road race H3	2:41:33	5
	Time trial C3	38:54.84	12
	Road race C1–3	2:11:06	8
	Time trial H4	44:07.03	9
	Road race H4	2:23:54	4
Ewoud Vromant	Time trial C2	36:11.79
Ewoud Vromant	Road race C1–3	2:19:19	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Griet Hoet piloted by	Time trial B	52:07.58	7
Griet Hoet piloted by	Road race B	DNF
	Time trial H1-3	41:07.14	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Mixed team relay H1–5	57:08	8

Track[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
	Individual pursuit C3	3:30.284	5	Did not qualify
	Time trial C1–3	N/A		1:08.825	7
Ewoud Vromant	Individual pursuit C2	DSQ		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Griet Hoet piloted by	Time Trial B	N/A		1:07.943
Griet Hoet piloted by	Individual Pursuit B	3:25.418 QB	4	3:25.654	4

Equestrian[]

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

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Score	Rank
Manon Claeys	San Dior 2	72.853	Q
Manon Claeys	San Dior 2	75.680
Michèle George	Best of 8	76.476	Q
Michèle George	Best of 8	80.590
Barbara Minneci	Stuart	70.853	6 Q
Barbara Minneci	Stuart	73.840	4
	Eros Van Ons Heem	69.357	7 Q
	Eros Van Ons Heem	70.860	8

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	Score	Rank
Manon Claeys	See above		73.775	223.087	5
Michèle George			77.047
Barbara Minneci			72.265

Goalball[]

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

Men[]

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

No.	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	B2	(1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
2	B1	(1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 30)
3	B3	(1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
5	B2	(1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 28)
6	B2	(1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
8	B1	(1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 30)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	4	2	2	18	13	+5	6	Quarter-finals
2	Ukraine	4	2	2	18	15	+3	6
3	Turkey	4	2	2	15	15	0	6
4	China	4	2	2	21	22	−1	6
5	Germany	4	2	2	16	23	−7	6

Source: TOCOG

26 August 2021 09:00 v	Belgium	10−3	China	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	8 1 1	Report	1 1 1

27 August 2021 09:00 v	Turkey	4–6	Belgium	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
	Karakaya 3 1	Report	3 2 1

28 August 2021 19:00 v	Germany	2–0	Belgium	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)
	2	Report

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

Swimming[]

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB14	1:10.12	6	Did not advance
	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB9	1:27.96	6	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Individual C5	Cheng (TPE) L 1–3	Hunter-Spivey (GBR) L 1–3	3	Did not advance
Laurens Devos		(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		(JPN) W 3–2	(VEN) W 3–0	1 Q	(KOR) W 3–1	Von Einem (AUS) L 2–3	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis[]

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joachim Gérard	Men's singles	Bye	(USA) W 6-1, 6-1	Caverzaschi (ESP) L 3-6, 4-6	Did not advance
	Men's singles	(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 &	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	/ (BRA) W 6-3, 6-1	Hewett/Reid (GBR) L 2-6, 2-6	Did not advance

References[]

^ "Athletes - Paralympic Team Belgium (in Belgian)". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 29 July 2021.
^ "Piotr Van Montagu selected for the Paralympics". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2021.
^ "Rombouts first Belgian athlete picked for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". insidethegames.biz. 29 May 2020.
^ "Tokyo 2020: Belgium confident after qualification". International Paralympic Committee. 11 September 2018.
^ "Bruno Vanhove looks to the future". International Paralympic Committee. 8 January 2019.
^ "Goalball – Team Belgium". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

[1] "Athletes - Paralympic Team Belgium (in Belgian)". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 29 July 2021.

[2] "Piotr Van Montagu selected for the Paralympics". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2021.

[3] "Rombouts first Belgian athlete picked for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". insidethegames.biz. 29 May 2020.

[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. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[7] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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