Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Belgium at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Belgium at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Belgium
IPC code	BEL
NPC	Belgian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan; August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021
Competitors	31 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Michèle George and Bruno Vanhove
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	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

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

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
Athlete	Event	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

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Peter Genyn	100m T51	—		20.33 PR
Peter Genyn	200m T51	—		37.11
Roger Habsch	100m T51	—		20.76
Roger Habsch	200m T51	—		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	—		19.63	7
Joyce Lefevre	800m T34	—		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
Francis Rombouts	Individual BC2	Mezik (SVK)	L 2-10	3	Did not advance
		Saengampa (THA)	L 2-2*
		Hipwell (GBR)	W 8-1

Cycling

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

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
Jean-François Deberg	Road race H3	2:41:33	5
Diederick Schelfhout	Time trial C3	38:54.84	12
Diederick Schelfhout	Road race C1–3	2:11:06	8
Jonas Van de Steen	Time trial H4	44:07.03	9
Jonas Van de Steen	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 Anneleen Monsieur	Time trial B	52:07.58	7
Griet Hoet piloted by Anneleen Monsieur	Road race B	DNF
Laurence Vandevyver	Time trial H1-3	41:07.14	8

Mixed

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

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Diederick Schelfhout	Individual pursuit C3	3:30.284	5	Did not qualify
Diederick Schelfhout	Time trial C1–3	—		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 Anneleen Monsieur	Time Trial B	—		1:07.943
Griet Hoet piloted by Anneleen Monsieur	Individual Pursuit B	3:25.418 QB	4	3:25.654	4

Equestrian

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

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Manon Claeys	San Dior 2	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	72.853	Q
Manon Claeys	San Dior 2	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	75.680
Michèle George	Best of 8	Mixed individual championship test grade V	76.476	Q
Michèle George	Best of 8	Mixed individual freestyle test grade V	80.590
Barbara Minneci	Stuart	Mixed individual championship test grade III	70.853	6 Q
Barbara Minneci	Stuart	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
Kevin Van Ham	Eros Van Ons Heem	Mixed individual freestyle test grade V	70.860	8

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	Score	Rank
Manon Claeys	See above	Team	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.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
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 v t e	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	Belgium	10−3	China	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	Mapreni 8 T. Vanhove 1 Amnir 1	Report	Yang Mingyuan 1 Hu Mingyao 1 Lai Liangyu 1

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

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

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

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
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

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	Ratzlaff (USA) W 6-1, 6-1	Caverzaschi (ESP) L 3-6, 4-6	Did not advance
Jef Vandorpe	Men's singles	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

References

^ "Athletes - Paralympic Team Belgium (in Belgian)". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
^ "Piotr Van Montagu selected for the Paralympics". Belgian Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22.
^ "Rombouts first Belgian athlete picked for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". insidethegames.biz. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27.
^ "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. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. 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. 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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