SCHELFHOUT Diederick

Belgium
Cycling Track
26 Dec 1985
35
Male
C3
AALST
 
Belgium
EREMBODEGEM
 
Belgium

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CTR Cycling Track Men's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit 5
Men's C1-3 1000m Time Trial 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Izu Velodrome
Men's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying
Finished
Izu Velodrome
Men's C1-3 1000m Time Trial
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING ROAD
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
12C3 Time Trial2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
DNFC1-3 Road Race2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Road World Championships
5Men's C3 - Road Race2013Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
8Men's C3 - Road Race2019Emmen, NED
8C3 Time Trial2018Maniago, ITA
9Men's C3 - Road Race2014Greenville, SC, USA
10C3 Time Trial2019Emmen, NED
10Men's C3 - Road Race2015Nottwil, SUI
11C3 Time Trial2017Pietermaritzburg, RSA
11C3 Time Trial2013Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
12Men's C3 - Road Race2021Cascais, POR
12C3 Time Trial2015Nottwil, SUI
13Men's C3 - Road Race2018Maniago, ITA
17C3 Time Trial2014Greenville, SC, USA
DNFC3 Time Trial2021Cascais, POR
DNFMen's C3 - Road Race2017Pietermaritzburg, RSA
Track World Championships
6Men's C3 - Omnium2020Milton, ON, CAN
9Men's C3 - Scratch Race2020Milton, ON, CAN
9Men's C3 - Scratch Race2016Montichiari, ITA
10Men's C3 - Scratch Race2019Apeldoorn, NED

CYCLING TRACK
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
9C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
12C1-3 1000m Time Trial2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Track World Championships
2Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2015Apeldoorn, NED
3Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2019Apeldoorn, NED
3C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2019Apeldoorn, NED
3C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2017Los Angeles, CA, USA
3Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2014Aguascalientes, MEX
4C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2020Milton, ON, CAN
4C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2014Aguascalientes, MEX
5Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2020Milton, ON, CAN
5C1-5 750m Team Sprint2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6C1-5 750m Team Sprint2019Apeldoorn, NED
6Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2017Los Angeles, CA, USA
6Men's C3 - 1000m Time Trial2016Montichiari, ITA
6C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2015Apeldoorn, NED
6Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race2015Apeldoorn, NED
7Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race2017Los Angeles, CA, USA
7C3 3000m Individual Pursuit2016Montichiari, ITA
10Men's C1-5 - Scratch Race2014Aguascalientes, MEX
11Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
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Didi, Pitbull (schelfhoutdiederick.com, 30 Jan 2020)
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Partner Caren Commissaris
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Dutch
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Bingoal Cycling Team [Belgium]
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His partner Caren Commissaris has competed in road cycling for Belgian team Hoop Op Zegen Beveren, and in cyclo cross at elite European events. His father was a professional cyclist. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 May 2020; Facebook profile, 13 May 2020; parantee-psylos.be, 12 Sep 2019; vrouwenpeloton.be, 2017)
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He competed in both road cycling and track cycling at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 2017)
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He sustained a fractured vertebra after a fall at the 2019 Six Days of Ghent race in Belgium. (schelfhoutdiederick.com, 30 Jan 2020)

He broke his collarbone while competing in Para cycling track at the 2016 World Championships in Montichiari, Italy. (hln.be, 21 Mar 2016)

He broke his wrist after crashing during the Para cycling road time trial at the 2012 Belgian Championships. (wolvenberg.be, 18 Aug 2012)
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He began cycling at age eight. (parantee-psylos.be, 12 Sep 2019)
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His father was a cyclist. (parantee-psylos.be, 12 Sep 2019)
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To win medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (schelfhoutdiederick.com, 30 Jan 2020)
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"When the going gets tough, the tough get going." (schelfhoutdiederick.com, 30 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Classification
C3 (UCI, 15 Mar 2020)

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (cyclingsite.be, 16 May 2014; schelfhoutdiederick.com, 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (schelfhoutdiederick.com, 2014)

Impairment Details
In 2008 at age 22 he was involved in a road accident that resulted in a fire, leading to impact injuries and burns to 85% of his body. He was in a coma for 10 weeks, spent more than a year rehabilitating, and underwent over 60 surgical procedures. He has impaired muscle power in his left leg and arm, impaired quadriceps, a damaged left knee and is missing bones in his hand. (cyclingsite.be, 16 May 2014; schelfhoutdiederick.com, 2014)

General
TEAM FOUNDER
In 2020 he set up and began riding for the Bingoal Cycling Team in Belgium. (schelfhoutdiederick.com, 30 Jan 2020)

Legend
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