Hanne Desmet
Belgian short track speed skater
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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 27) Wilrijk, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hanne Desmet (born 26 October 1996) is a Belgian short track speed skater.
Biography
Desmet was born in Wilrijk, lives in Mechelen, and is the older sister of short track speed skater Stijn Desmet. When Stijn was scouted by Pieter Gysel, Desmet started short track speed herself.[1]
Desmet is a three-time Belgian all-round champion, and in 2018, she became this by winning all individual distances. Moreover, she holds the Belgian records for all distances.[2] At the 2019 European Championships, she took second place in the unofficial 3000m distance.
Desmet took silver in the 1000 meters at the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships. On 11 February 2022, Desmet took a historic bronze medal in the Women's 1000 metres at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, becoming the first Belgian woman to win a medal at a Winter Olympic Games in an individual event.[3]
References
External links
- Hanne Desmet at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Hanne Desmet at Olympics.com
- Hanne Desmet at Olympedia
- Hanne Desmet at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
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Gold- 1948: Micheline Lannoy, Pierre Baugniet (figure skating - pairs)
- 2022: Bart Swings (speed skating - mass start):
Silver- 1948: Max Houben, Freddy Mansfeld, Louis-Georges Niels, Jacques Mouvet (bobsleigh - four-man)
- 2018: Bart Swings (speed skating - mass start):
Bronze- 1924: Charles Mulder, René Mortiaux, Paul Vanden Broeck, Victor Verschueren, Henri Willems (bobsleigh - four-man)
- 1928: Robert Van Zeebroeck (figure skating - singles)
- 1998: Bart Veldkamp (speed skating - 5000m)
- 2022: Hanne Desmet (short track speed skating - 1000m)
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