Belgium at the 2023 European Games

Belgium at the
2023 European Games
IOC codeBEL
NOCBelgian Olympic Committee
Websiteteambelgium.be
in Kraków, Poland
21 June 2023 – 2 July 2023
Competitors138 in 21 sports
Flag bearersKevin Borlée & Camille Laus (athletics)[1](opening); Oshin Derieuw (boxing)[2] (closing)
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
5
Bronze
6
Total
13
European Games appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków, Poland from 21 June to 2 July 2023. Belgium has previously competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan and at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus The Belgian Olympic Committee sent a total of 138 athletes to the Games to compete in 21 sports.[3]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sarah Chaâri Taekwondo Women's 62 kg 25 june 2023
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gianny De Leu Muaythai Men's 60 kg 27 june 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bryan De Valck
Caspar Augustijnen
Denis Donkor
Thibaut Vervoort
Basketball Men's 3X3 24 june 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rani Rosius Athletics Women's 100 metres 23 june 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Carmoy Athletics Men's high jump 25 june 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Axana Depypere Muaythai Women's 54 kg 27 june 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oshin Derieuw Boxing Women's welterweight 1 july 2023
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Quentin Mahauden Karate Men's kumite 75 kg 23 june 2023
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dylan Borlée
Jonathan Sacoor
Cynthia Bolingo
Camille Laus
Athletics Mixed 4X400 metres 25 june 2023
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sarah Piccirillo Muaythai Women's 60 kg 26 june 2023
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stef Van Campenhout Fencing Men's Foil 26 june 2023
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jolien Vermeylen Triathlon Women's Triathlon 27 june 2023
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vasile Usturoi Boxing Men's featherweight 30 june 2023

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jarno De Smedt Men's individual recurve 673 13 Bye  Bernardi (FRA)
L 3-7
Did Not Advance 17
Charlotte Destrooper Women's individual recurve 602 41  Degn (DEN)
L 2-6
Did Not Advance 33
Sarah Prieels Women's individual compound 707 4  Nisula (FIN)
L 142-143
Did Not Advance 9
Jarno De Smedt
Charlotte Destrooper
Mixed team recurve 1275 18  Barankova/Duchon (SVK)
W 4-5
 Healy/Orton (GBR)
L 1-5
Did Not Advance 9

Artistic swimming

Athlete Event
Points Rank
Lisa Ingenito
Renaud Barral
Mixed duet technical 173.0366 6
Mixed duet free 139.7814 5

Athletics

Belgium is set to compete in the first division of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships which is going to be held in Chorzów during, and as part of, the Games. Belgium will compete in the team event, and each athlete will also be eligible for the individual event medals.

European Athletics Team Championships First Division

Team Event Event points *** Total points Rank
100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 5000m 110m h* 400m h 3000m SC 4 × 100 m 4 × 400 m** SP JT HT DT PV HJ TJ LJ
 Belgium Team Championships First Division Men 3 2 9 2 7 8 3 12 9 7 14 1 15 2 2 7 15 2 3 250 14
Women 15 7 14 8 6 7 2 0 1 9 10 2 10 3 13 15 3 5

key: h: hurdles; SC; Steeplechase: SP; Shot put: JT: Javelin: HT: Hammer: DT: Discus: PV: Pole vault: HJ: High jump: TJ: Triple Jump: LJ: Long Jump

  • Women compete at 100 metre hurdles, rather than 110 metre hurdles.
  • 4 x 400 metres is held as a single mixed sex event
  • Event points indicate placings in the First Division match. Individual medals are across all three divisions.

Individual events at the 2023 European Games

As a participant in the Team event, each nation, including Belgium, automatically enters one athlete in each of the individual 'events'. Medals are awarded at the conclusion of the First Division program.

Event Male Athlete Score Division ranking Overall ranking Female athlete Score Division ranking Overall ranking
100 m Kobe Vleminckx 10.51 14 22 Rani Rosius 11.20 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m Christian Iguacel 21.34 15 30 Imke Vervaet 23.27 10 14
400 m Dylan Borlée 45.84 8 15 Cynthia Bolingo 50.95 3 4
800 m Pieter Claus 1:50.03 15 26 Camille Laus 2:02.28 9 16
1500 m Stijn Baeten 3:41.53 10 11 Elise Vanderelst 4:14.63 11 18
5000 m Enzo Noel 14:02.78 9 13 Lisa Rooms 15:44.24 10 16
110/100 m h Nolan Vancauwemberghe 14.00 14 21 Jolien Boumkwo1 32.81 15 44
400m h Julien Watrin 49.56 5 8 Hanne Claes Did Not Start
3000m SC Clement Deflandre 8:36.23 8 8 Jolien Van Hoorebeke 10:32.28 16 26
4 × 100 m Amine Kasmi
Jordan Paquot
Antoine Snyders
Rendel Vermeulen
Kobe Vleminckx
39.41 10 12 Janie De Naeyer
Elise Mehuys
Rani Rosius
Rani Vincke
43.84 8 9
4 × 400 m
(mixed)
Dylan Borlée
Jonathan Sacoor
Cynthia Bolingo
Camille Laus
3:12.97 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shot put Andreas De Lathauwer 16.67 16 32 Jolien Boumkwo 16.58 7 10
Javelin Timothy Herman 81.67 2 4 Pauline Smal 47.24 15 25
Hammer Rémi Malengreaux 56.67 15 31 Vanessa Sterckendries 67.95 7 9
Discus Lars Coene 50.52 15 33 Katelijne Lyssens 48.04 14 28
Pole vault Ben Broeders 5.45 10 10 Ellen Vekemans 4.50 4 5
High jump Thomas Carmoy 2.29 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Merel Maes 1.92 2 4
Triple Jump Björn De Decker 14.08 15 37 Saliyya Guisse 12.69 14 27
Long Jump Yanni Sampson 7.24 14 34 Maité Beernaert 6.10 12 21

1Jolien Boumkwo, a shot putter, filled in at the last moment for the injured Anne Zagré.[4]

Badminton

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Julien Carraggi Men's singles  Wraber (AUT)
W 2-0
 Schäfer (GER)
W 2-1
 Louda (CZE)
W 2-0
1 Q  Barth (NOR)
W 2-1
 Popov (FRA)
L 0-2
Did Not Advance 5
Lianne Tan Women's singles  Hamza (ITA)
W 2-0
 Sándorházi (HUN)
W 2-0
 Nyqvist (FIN)
W 2-0
1 Q  Švábíková (CZE)
W 2-0
 Stadelmann (SUI)
L 1-2
Did Not Advance 5

Basketball

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Bryan De Valck
Caspar Augustijnen1
Denis Donkor
Thibaut Vervoort
Men's tournament  Slovenia
W 21-8
 Latvia
L 16-21
 Spain
W 21-14
2 Q  Austria
W 21-20
 Germany
W 21-15
 Latvia
L 19-11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

1injured in the 1st game against  Slovenia and out for the rest of the tournament.[5]

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vasile Usturoi Men's featherweight Bye  Murja (ALB)
W 5-0
 Jensen (DEN)
W RSC
 Quiles Brotons (ESP)
L 0-5
Did Not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mayssen Lambot Women's bantamweight  Coroli (MDA)
W 5-0
 Milli (SWE)
L 0-5
Did Not Advance
Oshin Derieuw Women's welterweight Bye  Allahverdiyeva (AZE)
W 5-0
 Sonvico (FRA)
W 3-2
 Hámori (HUN)
W 5-0
 Sürmeneli (TUR)
L 0-5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Breakdancing

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Cis Backeljau
(Cis)
B-Boys  Lil Zoo (AUT)
L 0–2
 Xak (ESP)
W 2–0
 Kuzya (UKR)
L 0-2
3 Did Not Advance
Lucas El Raghibi
(Lucky)
 Sunni (GBR)
L 0-2
 Wigor (POL)
L 0-2
 Menno (NED)
L 0–2
4 Did Not Advance
Maxime Blieck
(MADMAX)
B-Girls  Nicka (LTU)
L 0–2
 Paulina (POL)
W 2-0
 Jilou (GER)
L 0–2
3 Did Not Advance
Camine Van Hoof
(CAMINE)
 Nadia (ISR)
D 1–1
 Stefani (UKR)
L 0–2
 Vanessa (POR)
L 0-2
4 Did Not Advance

Canoe Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gabriel De Coster Men's K-1 90.71 29 Q Bye 97.58 27 Did Not Advance
Men's kayak cross 71.52 44 Did Not Advance

Canoe Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Artuur Peters
Bram Sikkens
Men's K2 500m 1:30.958 3 1:32.176 1 Q 1:30.773 6
Lize Broekx
Hermien Peters
Women's K2 500m 1:41.734 2 Q 1:43.768 6

Cycling

Athlete Event Time Rank
Pierre De Froidmont Men's mountainbike 1:20:35 6
Jens Schuermans 1:22:19 21
Clement Horny 1:23:43 33
Arne Janssens 1:25:14 40
Emeline Detilleux Women's mountainbike 1:22:39 16
Githa Michiels 1 Lap 46

Fencing

Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
W/B Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Stef De Greef Men's individual foil 5/5 Bye  Kontochristopoulos (GRE)
W 15-6
 Rzadkowski (POL)
W 15-12
 Siess (POL)
L 11-15
Did Not Advance 5
Mathieu Nijs Men's individual foil 3/6  Breteau Iannuzzi (ESP)
W 15-12
 Van Campenhout (BEL)
L 13-15
Did Not Advance 30
Oscar Geudvert Men's individual foil 3/6  Davis (GBR)
L 10-15
Did Not Advance 48
Stef Van Campenhout Men's individual foil 5/6  Manolikas (GRE)
W 15-3
 Nijs (BEL)
W 15-13
 Mepstead (GBR)
W MED
 Choupenitch (CZE)
W 15-14
 Siess (POL)
L 7-15
Did Not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Neisser Loyola Men's individual épée 5/6 Bye  Sych (UKR)
W 15-11
 Nycz (POL)
L 11-12
Did Not Advance 21
Marc Housieaux Men's individual épée 5/6 Bye  Cimborevics (LAT)
W 15-13
 Bargues Fuentes (ESP)
L 14-15
Did Not Advance 19
Felix Blommaert Men's individual épée 2/6 Did Not Advance 76
Francois-Xavier Ferot Men's individual épée 2/5  Johanides (SVK)
W 15-10
 Unterhauser (GER)
L 13-15
Did Not Advance 61
Delphine Groslambert Women's individual foil 2/6  Chaldaiou (GRE)
L 3-15
Did Not Advance 35
Solane Beken Women's individual épée 3/6  Toth (HUN)
L 10-13
Did Not Advance 48
Aube Vandingenen Women's individual épée 4/6  Muhari (HUN)
L 7-15
Did Not Advance 34
Anne Bultynck Women's individual épée 1/5 Did Not Advance 61
Jolien Corteyn Women's individual sabre 4/6 Bye  Passaro (ITA)
L 9-15
Did Not Advance 23
Stef Van Campenhout
Mathieu Nijs
Stef De Greef
Men's team foil  Spain
W 45-41
 France
L 38-45
 Poland
L 25-45
 Ukraine
W 45-39
7
Marc Housieaux
Neisser Loyola
Francois-Xavier Ferot
Men's team épée  Portugal
W 45-43
 Italy
L 16-45
 Germany
L 33-45
 Sweden
L 38-45
 Austria
W 45-33
15
Aube Vandingen
Anne Bultynck
Solane Beken
Women's team épée  Lithuania
L 35-45
Did Not Advance 17

Karate

Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Quentin Mahauden Men's kumite -75 kg  Eltemur (TUR)
L 5-10
 Drazewski (POL)
W 7-0
 Wilkins (GBR)
W 6-3
 Zaplitnyi (UKR)
L 4-5
Did Not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Modern Pentathlon

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Fencing Swimming Laser Run Total points Rank Fencing Swimming Laser Run Total points Rank Show Jumping Fencing Swimming Laser Run Total points Rank
W/L Points Result Points Result Points W/L Points Result Points Result Points Result Points W/L Points Result Points Result Points
Anais Eudes Women's individual 16/12 222 2:17.23 276 11:59.80 581 1079 5 Q 19/16 220 2:19.09 272 11:32.60 608 1102 10 Did Not Advance

Muaythai

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Gianny De Leu Men's -60 kg  Lach (POL)
W 30-27
 Khachikyan (ARM)
W 30-27
 Koc (TUR)
W 30-27
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Axana Depypere Women's -54 kg  Fernandez Martinez (ESP)
W 30-27
 Keles (TUR)
W 30-27
 Kierczynska (POL)
L 27-30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sarah Piccirillo Women's -60 kg  Rodriguez Martinez (ESP)
W 30-27
 Kocakus (TUR)
L 27-30
Did Not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Padel

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Jerome Peeters
Francois Azzola
Men's doubles  Nolten/Sietsma (NED)
W 2-1
 Maszczyk/Janowicz (POL)
W 2-0
 Cremona/Cassetta (ITA)
L 0-2
Did Not Advance 5
Maxime Deloyer
Bram Coene
Men's doubles  Venos/Stepanek (CZE)
W 2-0
 Sinicropi/Graziotti (ITA)
L 1-2
Did Not Advance 9
Helena Wyckaert
An-Sophie Mestach
Women's doubles  Clement/Scholten (GER)
W 2-0
 Lukasiak/Maciocha (POL)
W 2-0
 Pappacena/Sussarello (ITA)
L 1-2
Did Not Advance 5
Dorien Cuypers
Elyne Boeykens
Women's doubles  Weterings/Koek (NED)
L 1-2
Did Not Advance 17
Helena Wyckaert
Bram Coene
Mixed doubles  Pothier/Leygue (FRA)
L 0-2
Did Not Advance 9
Francois Azzola
Dorien Cuypers
Mixed doubles  Cassetta/Sussarello (ITA)
L 1-2
Did Not Advance 9

Rugby sevens

Athletes Event Group stage Quarterfinal Placing 5-8 Semi-final Final/BM Rank
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Rank Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Men's tournament  Spain
L 12-26
 Georgia
L 7-14
 Czech Republic
W 40-7
3 Q  Ireland
L 12-26
 Georgia
W 21-5
 Germany
W 24-0
5
Women's tournament  Sweden
W 40-0
 Romania
W 39-0
 Spain
L 7-29
2 Q  Portugal
W 22-5
 Great Britain
L 12-36
 Czech Republic
L 17-24
4

Sports Climbing

Athlete Event Qualification Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Seed Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Rank
Lucie Delcoigne Women's lead 15 Did Not Advance
Women's boulder 11 Did Not Advance

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Final/BM
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Jessie Kaps Women's 50m rifle 3 positions 574 35 Did Not Advance
Women's 10m air rifle 619.3 35 Did Not Advance

Table Tennis

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Preliminary Round 2 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Rank
Cedric Nuytinck Men's singles Bye  Glod (LUX)
W 4-0
 Geraldo (POR)
W 4-3
 Gacina (CRO)
L 1-4
Did Not Advance 9
Adrien Rassenfosse Men's singles Bye  Szudi (HUN)
W 4-3
 Karlsson (SWE)
L 0-4
Did Not Advance 17
Nathalie Marchetti Women's singles Bye  Arapovic (CRO)
L 3-4
Did Not Advance 33
Margot Degraef Women's singles Bye  Madarasz (HUN)
L 0-4
Did Not Advance 33
Martin Allegro
Adrien Rassenfosse
Cedric Nuytinck
Men's team  Poland
W 3-1
 Germany
L 0-3
Did Not Advance 5

Taekwondo

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Badr Achab Men's 74 kg  Kovacic (SLO)
W 1-2
 Husić (BIH)
L 2-0
 Binev (BUL)
L 2-0
=7
Raheleh Asemani Women's 57 kg  Marton (HUN)
L 2-1
Did not advance
Sarah Chaâri Women's 62 kg  Andersson (SWE)
W 2-0
 Tarvida (LAT)
W 2-0
 Powell (GBR)
W 2-0
 Štolbová (CZE)
W 2-1
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Triathlon

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Arnaud Mengal Men's Triathlon 19:27 0:55 55:47 0:26 32:04 1:48:37 20
Noah Servais 18:28 0:52 56:42 0:27 31:23 1:47:50 16
Women
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Jolien Vermeylen Women's Triathlon 19:35 0:57 1:01:43 0:26 34:38 1:57:17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  2. ^ "Zilveren boksster Oshin Derieuw zwaait Europese Spelen uit met Belgische vlag" (in Dutch). www.sporza.be. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ "De Europese Spelen zijn een belangrijke stap richting Parijs 2024". Belgian Olympic Committee (in Dutch). teambelgium.be. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Shot putter replaces injured teammate in 100m hurdles and finishes last by 19 seconds". www.mirror.co.uk. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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