Wim Decleir (born 5 March 1971) is a Paralympian sportsman from Belgium. He competed in para-cycling.
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal history
editDecleir was born in Belgium in 1971. He was a promising football player for former Belgian first division club, K.R.C. Harelbeke.[1] After a motorcycle accident in 1989, his left leg was amputated in 1995. Soon after Decleir started powerlifting and in 2000 he switched to handcycling.[1]
Decleir is married with two children and is a bank manager. In 2012, he made the national news headlines when his mistress was murdered by her husband.[2][3]
Sporting career
editDecleir competed in the H4 men's road race and time trial at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London finishing 4th in the time trial and winning a bronze in the road race.[4] German athlete Norbert Mosandl, 2nd in the time trial, was banned one year later for two years after a positive doping test for EPO.[5]
He won two bronze medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in 2010 in Baie-Comeau, Canada[1] and a silver in the Road Race H4 at the 2011 World Championships in Roskilde, Denmark.[6]
He won the Berlin Marathon in 2005, 2006 and 2007[7][8][9] and the Hamburg Marathon in 2006 and 2008.[10][11]
Awards
edit- Belgian Paralympic Athlete of the Year (2011) after finishing year ranked world number 1 for Road Race [1]
- Trophy Victor Boin (2017) [12]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Belgian Handcyclist Decleir Wins SportsPress Paralympian of 2011". www.paralympic.org. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "L'amant de la femme massacrée à la hache est un athlète paralympique belge" (in French). www.7sur7.be. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Eenbenige atleet spreekt voor het eerst na moord op zijn minnares" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Wim Decleir: 'Sorry dat we gelogen hebben'" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Deutscher Paralympics-Zweiter Mosandl gesperrt" (in German). ORF. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "USA Triumphs at 2011 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Roskilde". www.paralympic.org. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "The hand cycling race at the 32nd real,- BERLIN-MARATHON 2005". /www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Handbiker - von 11 auf 70 in 3 Jahren beim RheinEnergie Marathon Bonn" (in German). /www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Haile Gebrselassie bricht Weltrekord beim real,- BERLIN-MARATHON" (in German). /www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Wim Decleir souverän – Heinz Frei ganz stark beim Marathon in Hamburg" (in German). /www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Hamburg Marathon 2008" (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Wim Decleir lauréat du Trophée Victor Boin" (in French). RTBF. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
