Laurens Pannecoucke
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Belgium |
| Born | 19 July 1988 Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoeing |
| Event | Sprint canoe |
| Club | Bloso Hazewinkel[1] |
| Coached by | Carlos Prendes[1] |
Laurens Pannecoucke /ˈpɑːnəˌkuːkə/ (born 19 July 1988 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian sprint canoeist.[1][2] Pannecoucke is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Bloso Hazewinkel Sports Club in Willebroek, and is coached and trained by Carlos Prendes.[1]
Pannecoucke qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by finishing fourth from the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[3] Pannecoucke and his partner Olivier Cauwenbergh paddled to a second-place finish and tenth overall in the B-final by forty-seven hundredths of a second (0.47) behind the winning Danish pair Kim Wraae Knudsen and Emil Stær Simensen, posting their best Olympic time of 3:13.298.[4] Three days later, the Belgian pair edged out Romania's Ionuț Mitrea and Bogdan Mada for fourth place by ten seconds, in the B-final of the men's K-2 200 metres, clocking at 36.336 seconds.[5] The pair also competed in the K-2 200 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Laurens Pannecoucke". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laurens Pannecoucke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Cauwenbergh en Pannecoucke veroveren ticket voor Londen" [Cauwenbergh and Pannecoucke guaranteed ticket to London] (in Dutch). Bloso. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Final B". London 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m Final B". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Dutch)
- NBC Olympics Profile