van ZANDWEGHE Niels

Date of Birth: 28 Feb 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Olympic ScholarshipYouth Olympian

Place of birth: BRUGES

Birth Country:

Belgium

Place of residence : BRUGES

Residence Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Lightweight Men's Double Sculls BEL Belgium	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Heat 3 #42	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Semifinal A/B 2 #92	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Final A #115	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	1x
2014	Nanjing, CHN	11

World Championships

Year	Location	L2x
2019	Linz, AUT	7
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	3
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	5

European Championships

Year	Location	L2x	L1x
2021	Varese, ITA	-	8
2020	Poznan, POL	3	-
2019	Lucerne, SUI	3	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	4	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	3

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Lightweight Double Sculls	2019	Plovdiv, BUL	6:40.40
2	Lightweight Double Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	6:29.30
2	Lightweight Double Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	6:14.09
3	Lightweight Double Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	6:25.84
4	Lightweight Double Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:05.330
4	Lightweight Double Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	6:19.30
5	Lightweight Double Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	6:20.48

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	L1x
2016	Rotterdam, NED	1

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Cycling, swimming, running, reading, listening to music. (worldrowing.com, 31 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Sport Management - VIVES University College, Bruges, BEL

Languages spoken:

BTR Bruges [Belgium]

Frans Claes [personal], BEL, from 2015

He began rowing in 2009 in Bruges, Belgium. (teambelgium.be, 01 Jan 2020)

"I discovered rowing after I attended a summer camp with my sister. At first I didn't like rowing at all because I was scared I'd fall into the water, but we have crabs in our canal and I did like fishing for the crabs after practice. That was what kept me going at the beginning." (worldrowing.com, 01 Jul 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook team page, 14 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"I'm always trying to reach my full potential and my own set of goals." (worldrowing.com, 01 Jul 2017)

General Interest

General
PARTNERSHIP
In October 2015 he paired with Tim Brys in the lightweight double sculls. Despite securing an Olympic qualification spot for the 2016 Games, the pair were not selected for the Games due to the Belgian Rowing Federation [BRF] only being allowed to send one boat to compete, which was with Hannes Obreno in single sculls. After the World Rowing Federation [FISA] revised their qualifying criteria for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, the pair earned their spot at the Games by winning the B-final at the 2019 World Championships in Linz, Austria. "After Tim and I weren't allowed to go to Rio, it made me stronger. I wouldn't be the to the rower I am today otherwise." (NLroei Facebook page, 19 Jan 2020; Facebook team page, 14 Jan 2020; hln.be, 31 Aug 2019; worldrowing.com, 2019, Jul 2017)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/niels.vanzandweghe
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/BELlm2x/
https://instagram.com/niels_van_zandweghe/
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/bellm2X/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niels-van-zandweghe-40879711b
https://twitter.com/nzandweghe

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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