KAPS Jessie

Belgium

Shooting

Date of Birth: 17 Feb 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Belgium

Place of residence : WESTENDE

Residence Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	10m Air Rifle Women	27

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	10m Air Rifle Women's Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle - Team
2021	Osijek, CRO	2	-
2020	Wroclaw, POL	67	21
2019	Osijek, CRO	54	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle - Team
2021	Osijek, CRO	2	-
2020	Wroclaw, POL	67	21
2019	Osijek, CRO	54	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Air Rifle
2021	1 x 20th
2018	1 x 129th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
20	2021	10m Air Rifle	Osijek, CRO
129	2018	10m Air Rifle	Munich, GER

Junior World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle
2018	Changwon, KOR	48
2017	Suhl, GER	63

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Hobbies:

Fitness, skiing, water skiing, inline skating. (jessiesolympics.be, 18 Jan 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Psychology - Ghent University, Belgium

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, French, German

Club name:

Nieuwpoortse Wapensportkring [BEL] / SV Wissen [GER]

Coach:

Jo Frings [personal], NED

Hand:

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 06 Jun 2021)

Start:

She took up shooting in 2004 at age six. "I went shooting every week with my family on Sundays until I was 12 years old. Then a new trainer came to the club, he also brought other youth shooters with him. Then I got into the competitions. This started small, but soon I started participating in provincial competitions." (issf-sports.org, 06 Jun 2021; hln.be, 31 May 2021; jessiesolympics.be, 03 Dec 2017)

Reason:

"When I was six years old, my dad regularly went to a shooting club in Tongeren [Belgium]. Mum and I were a bit curious, so we went to see how things were going. We had only been at the shooting range for 10 minutes and a trainer asked me if I wanted to try shooting too. I liked that very much." (issf-sports.org, 06 Jun 2021; hln.be, 31 May 2021; jessiesolympics.be, 03 Dec 2017)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hln.be, 31 May 2021)

Training:

She trains five times a week. (kw.be, 03 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
PHYSICAL CONDITION
She has a hypermobility spectrum disorder [HSD], which makes her joints more flexible. "To be able to deal with this properly, I've been treated weekly by a therapist in Tongeren [Belgium]. They help me with the tension in my muscles, but they also give me guidance to strengthen my body. I especially need stability in my back and stomach. For this I do exercises such as planks, sit-ups and bands that hang from the ceiling. If I'm exercising for endurance, I usually cycle for about an hour and then do some more heart-rate exercises. You don't really need this when shooting, but it does help with my general form. I certainly don't shy away from squats, lunges, pumps and other exercises with weights." (jessiesolympics.be, 18 Jan 2018)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/jessie.kaps1
https://instagram.com/jessiekaps
Athlete Website: http://www.jessiesolympics.be

Legend

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

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