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Belgian Olympic And Interfederal Committee Order Of Merit
The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee Order of Merit is an annual award created in 2013 and handed out by the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee to a person with an exceptional contribution to the Olympic Movement in Belgium. Winners See also *Belgian Sportsman of the year *Belgian Sports Personality of the Year References {{Reflist Belgian sports trophies and awards Awards established in 2013 2013 establishments in Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Olympic And Interfederal Committee
Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) Gallia Belgica was a province of the Roman Empire covering present-day Luxembourg and parts of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Belgica may also refer to: Places * Belgica Glacier, Antarctica * Belgica Guyot, an undersea tablemount off An ... * Belgic (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Sports
2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The year is considered by many to be the greatest year in sports history, featuring many underdog stories, huge comebacks, broken curses and exciting and historic moments. Calendar by month * January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December Air sports Alpine skiing Amateur boxing American football * Super Bowl 50 – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 24–10 over the Carolina Panthers (NFC) **Location: Levi's Stadium **Attendance: 71,088 **MVP: Von Miller, LB (Denver) Aquatics Archery * November 21, 2015 – September 17, 2016: 2015–16 World Archery Federation Events Page 2016 Summer Olympics ( WA) * August 5 – 12: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí ** Men's individual: Ku Bon-chan; Jean-Charles Valladont; B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Sports Trophies And Awards
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Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) *Belgic (other) Belgic may refer to: * an adjective referring to the Belgae, an ancient confederation of Celto-Germanic tribes * a rarer adjective referring to the Low Countries or to Belgium * , several ships with the name * Belgic ware, a type of pottery * Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Sports Personality Of The Year
The Belgian Sports Personality of the Year is a defunct annual sports award that was given out in January by the Belgian newspaper '' Het Nieuwsblad'' to the greatest personality in Belgian sports. It was first awarded in and last handed out in . For this award, not only athletes An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including trac ... qualified but everyone who was involved in sports, thus including amongst others trainers, coaches and athletes themselves. A person could only win this award once in his career. List of winners See also * Belgian Sportsman of the year References Belgian sports trophies and awards Awards established in 1998 Awards disestablished in 2008 {{Belgium-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Laatste Nieuws
(''HLN''; ; in English ''The Latest News'') is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and Belgium. History 19th century The liberal Julius Hoste Sr. founded the newspaper on 7 June 1888 five days before the Belgian elections. With his newspaper he wanted to support the Liberal Party in the upcoming elections and on the other side the Flemish movement in Brussels, a city which was dominated by francophone bourgeois (''Franskiljons''). The newspaper supported the cause of the '' Gelijkheidswet'' (English: equality law between French and Flemish in Belgium), the rescue of the ''Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg'' (KVS) (English: Royal Flemish Theatre) in Brussels and the election of the first Flemish, liberal, Ghent municipal governing board in 1907. Its liberal character, anti-Francophone stance and support for the Flemish movement were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours (five Tour de France, Tours de France, five Giro d'Italia, Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Cycling monument, Monuments, setting the hour record, three UCI Road World Championships, World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Province of Brabant, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961. His first victory came at Petit-Enghien in October 1961. After winning eighty races as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Sports
2013 in sports is listing and describing the major sporting events from the current year: by month and by discipline. The year after the 2012 Summer Olympics and the year before the 2014 Winter Olympics. Calendar by month January February March April May June July August September October November December Alpine skiing American football * Super Bowl XLVII – the Baltimore Ravens (AFC) won 34–31 over the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) **Location: Superdome **Attendance: 71,024 **MVP: Joe Flacco, QB (Baltimore) *7 January: BCS National Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (2012 season): ** The Alabama Crimson Tide defeat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 42–14. It is the second consecutive national title, third in the last four years, and 15th overall for Alabama. *June 28 – July 6: 2013 IFAF Women's World Championship in Vantaa (Helsinki), Finland ** Champions: (second consecutive title); Second: ; Third: Aquatics A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Standaard
(, ) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ... Flemish daily '' De Morgen''. In recent years has renounced its original ideological ties. History and profile In 1911, Frans Van Cauwelaert founded ''Ons Volk Ontwaakt'', the weekly journal of the Flemish Catholic student organization. In 1914, Van Cauwelaert, Alfons Van de Perre, and Arnold Hendrix formed a publishing company, ''De Standaard N.V.'' ("The Standard, Incorporated": the Standard Group). Their goal was to publish a conservative, Roman Catholic Church, Catholic, Flemish da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Roelants
Gaston, Baron Roelants (born 5 February 1937), is a Belgian former elite steeplechaser and cross country runner. He won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles in the 3000 m steeplechase and twice broke the world record. Biography Roelants finished fourth in the steeplechase at the 1960 Olympics, and after winning a bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships he successfully turned to longer distances, setting world records in the 20 km (58 minutes 6.2 seconds) and in the 1 hour race (20,664 m) that year. In 1972 he improved those records to 57 minutes 44.4 seconds and 20,878 meters. He won a silver (1969) and a bronze (1974) medal in European marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ... races. He was ranked the world's best steeplechaser five times, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Sercu
Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.Patrick Sercu . www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins. He also won six stages at the and eleven stages at the |
2014 In Sports
2014 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Calendar by month January February March April May June July August September October November December Alpine skiing Amateur boxing American football * Super Bowl XLVIII – the Seattle Seahawks (NFC) won 43–8 over the Denver Broncos (AFC) **Location: MetLife Stadium **Attendance: 82,529 **MVP: Malcolm Smith, LB (Seattle) Aquatics Archery * January 24 – December 14World Archery Official Website's Calendar * November 16, 2013 – February 9, 2014: 2013–14 Indoor Archery World Cup ** November 16 & 17, 2013, in Marrakesh *** Host nation, , and the share both the gold and overall medals wins. ** December 8 & 9, 2013, in *** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** January 24–26, 2014, in Telford *** and the have 2 gold medals each. However, won the overall medal tally. ** February 7 – 9, 2014, in Las Vegas (World Cup Final) *** won both the gold and overall med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
