Belgium at the 2013 Summer Universiade

Belgium at the
2013 Summer Universiade
Belgium at the; 2013 Summer Universiade
IOC code	BEL
in Kazan
Competitors	51 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Jean-Yves Bottieau
Medals	Gold 1 Silver Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Universiade appearances
	1959; 1961; 1963; 1965; 1967; 1970; 1973; 1975; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1985; 1987; 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2021;

Belgium competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Thomas Van Der Plaetsen	Athletics	Men's Decathlon
Bronze	Fanny Smets	Athletics	Women's Pole Vault

With these results Belgium achieved the 39th place out of 162 participating countries in the medals table.

Athletics

Belgium was represented by six competitors in athletics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ali Hamdi	1500 metres	3:43.77	5th Q	3:44.38	10th
Dieter Vanstreels	Half marathon			Did Not Finish

Decathlon

Event	Thomas Van Der Plaetsen
Event	Result	Points	Rank
100 m	11.12	834	3rd
Long jump	7m80	1010	1st
Shot put	13m48	697	8th
High jump	2m07	868	2nd
400 m	49.35	844	3rd
110 m hurdles	14.77	878	2nd
Discus throw	38m74	639	8th
Pole vault	5m30	1004	1st
Javelin throw	62m43	774	5th
1500 m	4:50.48	616	6th
Total		8,164

Women

Athlete	Events	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Axelle Dauwens	400 metres hurdles	57.53	9th	Did not advance
Chloe Henry	Pole vault			4m30	6th
Fanny Smets	Pole vault			4m30

Badminton

Belgium was represented by three badminton players.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maxime Moreels	Singles	Hong (KOR) L 2-0 (21-8, 21-18)	Did not advance					33

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marie Demy	Singles	Suo (CHN) L 2-0 (21-12, 21-13)	Did not advance					33
Lianne Tan	Singles	Guiffre (CAN) W 2-0 (21-10, 21-8)	Dmytryshyn (UKR) W 2-0 (21-10, 21-17)	Sun (CHN) L 2-0 (21-8, 21-9)	Did not advance			9

Boxing

Belgium was represented by one boxer.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Dodji Ayigah	Flyweight	Aloyan (RUS) L 3-0	Did not advance

Fencing

Belgium was represented by three competitors in fencing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
François Xavier Ferot	Individual épée	Freilich (ISR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Hans-Joachim Lecocq	Individual foil	Kulakov (KAZ) W 15–12	Foconi (ITA) L 5–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Delphine Groslambert	Individual foil		Dobbs (USA) W 15–12	Nishioka (JPN) L 7–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Belgium was represented in both artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.

Artistic gymnastics

Two gymnasts competed in the artistic gymnastics competition.

Rhythmic gymnastics

One gymnast competed in the rhythmic gymnastics competition for Belgium.

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Elisabeth De Leeuw	Individual	14.106	14.916	14.733	14.550	58.215	20

Judo

Belgium was represented by three female and one male judoka.

Rowing

Belgium was represented by two rowers.

Rugby sevens

Belgium was represented by a men's team.

Men

The men's team participated in Group B.

Team roster

Name	Position
Vincent Hart
Bram Coupé
Victor Wartique
Mehdi Hrim
Guillaume Mundele
Tom Coupé
Betrand Billi
George Mclachlan
Hendrik Brouwers
Nathan Bonthems
Charles Reynaert

Head coach: Nicolas Le Roux
Team manager: Monique Petitjean

Preliminary round

Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Great Britain	3	3	0	107	12	+95	9
Belgium	3	2	1	71	10	+61	7
Georgia	3	1	2	40	69	-29	5
Malaysia	3	0	3	10	137	−127	3

14 July 2013
11:34

Belgium	26–0	Georgia

Tulpar Stadium

14 July 2013
15:58

Belgium	38–0	Malaysia

Tulpar Stadium

15 July 2013
14:46

Great Britain	10–7	Belgium

Tulpar Stadium

Quarterfinals

16 July 2013
11:50

South Africa	26–12	Belgium

Tulpar Stadium

Plate tier

16 July 2013
16:34

Italy	10-12	Belgium

Tulpar Stadium

17 July 2013
11:15

Belgium	19-10	Japan

Tulpar Stadium

Table Tennis

Belgium was represented by three competitors in table tennis.

Water polo

Belgium was represented by a men's team.

Men

The men's team participated in Group B.

Team roster

**Abbreviations**
Pos.	Position	№	Cap number
A	Attacker	U	Utility
D	Defender	GK	Goalkeeper

№	Name	Pos.
3	Sven Publie
2	Greg Heirman
8	Nick De Backer
13	Arthur Parmentier	GK
9	Gerry Verschuren
5	Ruben Cools
4	Kevin Vervoort
7	Nick Poelmans
1	Jorden Van Doorn	GK
6	Thomas Herman
11	Nicolas Goffin
10	Arnaud Marenne

Head coach: Niculae Fulgeanu
Assistant coach: Bernard Pollak

Preliminary round

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	5	4	0	1	63	37	+26	8
Serbia	5	4	0	1	61	28	+33	8
United States	5	2	1	2	47	34	+13	5
Brazil	5	2	1	2	52	42	+10	5
Montenegro	5	2	0	3	56	39	+17	4
Belgium	5	0	0	5	13	112	–99	0

5 July 2013
18:30

Italy

28–1

Belgium

Burevestnik Swimming Pool

7 July 2013
14:00

Brazil

19–3

Belgium

Burevestnik Swimming Pool

8 July 2013
17:00

Belgium

5–24

Montenegro

Burevestnik Swimming Pool

10 July 2013 15:30	Report	United States	19–2	Belgium	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Murray (CAN), Szekely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–0, 3–1, 5–0