Kim MEYLEMANS

Belgium

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 7 Mar 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: AMBERG

Birth Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Women	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
14	Women	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:29.700

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Women	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:00:59.020

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Women	2017	Koenigssee, GER	2:36.54
9	Women	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:55.65
9	Women	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:58.02
11	Mixed Team	2021	Altenberg, GER	1:59.62
14	Women	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	3:38.54
19	Women	2015	Winterberg, GER	3:54.08
20	Women	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:39.19

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Women	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:46.47

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women
2021/22	12
2020/21	7
2019/20	7
2018/19	14
2017/18	13
2016/17	15
2015/16	10

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Women
2021/22	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 2 x 5th
2020/21	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 2 x 8th
2019/20	1 x 5th, 2 x 8th, 2 x 9th
2018/19	2 x 11th, 3 x 12th, 1 x 13th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
3	Women	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:47.62
4	Women	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:45.01
5	Women	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:55.78
5	Women	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:59.89
6	Women	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:48.52
13	Women	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:54.55

Nickname:

The Little Belgian.

Hobbies:

Cooking. (bobenskeleton.be)

Occupation:

Athlete.

Languages spoken:

German, French

Club name:

BAST / WSV Koenigssee

Coach:

National: Raphael Maier (GER)
Personal: Fernando Oliva
Team: Martin Rettl (AUT)

Other sports:

Football. (ibsf.org)

Debut:

2011 Youth Olympic Games European Qualification (2nd)

National team:

2013

Start:

Started skeleton in Germany 2009. "Soccer was my first love but I’ve always liked to try out different sports as well, up to the 14th birthday I had played club volleyball, tennis, was in a swim club and gave judo a try until finally falling in love with skeleton and focusing myself on this path. All that to say, I couldn’t imagine a life without sports." (youth-sport.net, 19 Jun 2020)

Ambition:

Is now working hard towards the 2022 and 2026 Olympics. (kimmeylemans.com)

To obtain an Olympic Diploma at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in China. (bobenskeleton.be)

To win a medal at the Milano Corina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy. (bobenskeleton.be)

Philosophy:

"The two things in life that you are in total control of, are your attitude and your effort." (kimmeylemans.com)

General Interest

FROM GERMANY TO BELGIUM
Born in Germany to Belgian parents, she always identified with her Belgian roots more. Initially competed for Germany representing them at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Followed her roots and in 2014 chose to represent Belgium internationally. (kimmeylemans.com)

COVID-19
Was on a 12-day vacation in Panama when the international borders were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Remained there for a few months while she waited to get repatriated. (Instagram, 3 May 2020)

LGBTQI+ ORGANISATION AMBASSADOR
Ambassador of "Out For The Win", an organisation that works to increase the visibility of LGBTQI+ people in all sports through storytelling.
“If I can inspire other kids, especially gay kids, and make them stronger or feel normal, that’s worth more than any medal to me.” (advocate.com)

COACH
Coach Martin Rettl (AUT), is the 2002 Olympic silver medallist and 2001 World champion in skeleton.

Milestones

Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, the first skeleton slider, male or female, to represent Belgium in the Olympics.

Represented Germany at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

At six World Championship appearances (2015-21), she has three top-10 finishes, her best being fifth in 2017.

2019 Junior World Championships silver medallist, finishing 0.58 seconds behind champion Anna Fernstaedtova (CZE).

Has 25 top-10 World Cup results with five fifth-place finishes, her first podium coming in 2021, finishing third in Innsbruck.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/LilBelgian
https://www.instagram.com/kimmeylemans/
Athlete Website: https://www.kimmeylemans.com/
Athlete Website 2: https://www.kimmeylemans.com/winkel/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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