MICHEL Claire

Belgium
Triathlon
13 Oct 1988
32
Female
BRUSSELS
 
Belgium
BRUSSELS
 
Belgium

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TRI Triathlon Women's Individual 34
Mixed Relay
BEL
Belgium
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Odaiba Marine Park
Women's Individual
Finished
Odaiba Marine Park
Mixed Relay
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationIndividual
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRALAP

World Triathlon Series - Overview
YearEventStandingsThree best ranks per season
2020Individual Ranking33rd1 x 33rd
2019Individual Ranking16th1 x 4th, 1 x 6th, 2 x 20th
2018Individual Ranking19th1 x 5th, 1 x 13th, 3 x 20th
2017Individual Ranking18th1 x 7th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 16th
2016Individual Ranking55th1 x 17th, 1 x 37th, 1 x 50th
2015Individual Ranking86th1 x 17th, 1 x 32nd, 1 x 52nd
2014Individual Ranking33rd1 x 6th, 1 x 24th, 1 x 27th

World Triathlon Series - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
42019SprintWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesEdmonton, AB, CAN1:01:38
52018IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesYokohama, JPN1:55:13
62019SprintWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN59:35
62014IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesYokohama, JPN1:59:59
72017IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesStockholm, SWE2:03:22
92021IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesYokohama, JPN1:55:39
92017IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesYokohama, JPN1:59:26
122021IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesLeeds, GBR1:58:35
132018IndividualWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesHamilton, BER2:07:43
162017SprintWorld Triathlon Championship SeriesEdmonton, AB, CAN1:03:43

World Championships Mixed Relay
YearLocationRelay X
2020Hamburg, GER5
2019Hamburg, GER7
2018Hamburg, GERLAP
2017Hamburg, GER17

European Championships
YearLocationIndividualSprintRelay X
2019Weert, NED3-4
2018Glasgow, GBR5-3
2017Kitzbuhel, AUT5-6
2017Dusseldorf, GER-4-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearIndividualSprintSuper Sprint Distance
2020-1 x 14th-
20191 x 2nd1 x 3rd-
20181 x 8th1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th-
20171 x 13th2 x 3rd1 x 4th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
22019IndividualWorld CupMiyazaki, JPN1:59:39
32019SprintWorld CupTongyeong, KOR57:18
32018SprintWorld CupNew Plymouth, NZL1:03:37
32017SprintWorld CupTongyeong, KOR58:20
32017SprintWorld CupNew Plymouth, NZL59:30
42017Women's Super Sprint DistanceWorld CupChengdu, CHN29:43
72018SprintWorld CupAntwerp, BEL1:03:37
82018IndividualWorld CupWeihai, CHN2:09:57
132017IndividualWorld CupMiyazaki, JPN1:57:23
142020SprintWorld CupArzachena, ITA1:03:38

World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
42018RelayWorld Triathlon Mixed Relay SeriesEdmonton, AB, CAN1:19:48
62019RelayWorld Triathlon Mixed Relay SeriesTokyo, JPN1:28:16


Legend
X - Mixed, IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Painting. (Twitter profile, 11 Jul 2021)
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Athlete
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International Business, Language Studies - University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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English
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Nick Baelus [national], BEL; Paulo Sousa [personal], POR
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Her mother, Colette Crabbe, swam for Belgium at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. (clairemichel.weebly.com, 5 Jun 2016; blog.lesoir.be, 14 Apr 2016)
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She competed in athletics, specialising in steeplechase, at collegiate level in the United States of America for the University of Oregon in Eugene. (goducks.com, 2012)
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In early 2020 she suffered a fractured kneecap. (rtbf.be, 17 Nov 2020)

She slipped and fell at the pool while training in June 2015, injuring her left ankle. (3athlon.be, 17 Jun 2015)

After returning to Belgium from university in the United States of America and attempting to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she suffered two stress fractures which ended her track athletics career and led to her taking up triathlon. (blog.lesoir.be, 14 Apr 2016)
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She began as a track and cross-country athlete, specialising in the steeplechase. After graduating from the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR, United States of America, she returned to Belgium and tried unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the steeplechase. After injuries forced an end to her track career, she took up triathlon in 2012. (clairemichel.weebly.com, 5 Jun 2016)
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Her dream to compete at the Olympic Games began at around age 12, after finding a newspaper clipping of her mother swimming at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. (blog.lesoir.be, 13 Jun 2016; rtbf.be, 17 Nov 2020)
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To finish in the top 16 in the individual event, and in the top six in the mixed relay event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (6dsportsnutrition.com, 21 May 2021)
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Winning bronze in the mixed team relay at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and winning gold at the 2021 Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event in Lisbon, Portugal. (6dsportsnutrition.com, 21 May 2021)
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US swimmer Michael Phelps. (6dsportsnutrition.com, 21 May 2021)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC CONNECTION
She was inspired to compete at the Olympic Games by her mother Colette Crabbe, who represented Belgium in swimming at the 1976 Games in Montreal. "When I discovered it by chance at about age 12, it made me want to participate too. I was very close to participating in London in 2012 in the steeplechase but it was finally at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro that I qualified for the triathlon. Unfortunately in Rio, my performance was far from my expectations, but the experience also reminded me how unique the Olympic Games are and made me want to come back to do even better." (rtbf.be, 17 Nov 2020)

LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
She moved to Portland, OR, United States of America with her family when she was a baby, and returned to her native Belgium at age 23. (blog.lesoir.be, 14 Apr 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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