Wim Decleir

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Wim Decleir
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1971-03-05) 5 March 1971 (age 54)
Sport
SportPara-cycling
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's para-cycling
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Road race H4
Road world championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Roskilde Road race (H4)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Baie-Comeau Road race (H4)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Baie-Comeau Time trial (H4)

Wim Decleir (born 5 March 1971) is a Paralympian sportsman from Belgium. He competed in para-cycling.

Personal history

Decleir 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.

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

Decleir 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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Belgian Handcyclist Decleir Wins SportsPress Paralympian of 2011". www.paralympic.org. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Eenbenige atleet spreekt voor het eerst na moord op zijn minnares" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Wim Decleir: 'Sorry dat we gelogen hebben'" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Deutscher Paralympics-Zweiter Mosandl gesperrt" (in German). ORF. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ "USA Triumphs at 2011 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Roskilde". www.paralympic.org. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. ^ "The hand cycling race at the 32nd real,- BERLIN-MARATHON 2005". /www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Haile Gebrselassie bricht Weltrekord beim real,- BERLIN-MARATHON" (in German). /www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Hamburg Marathon 2008" (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Wim Decleir lauréat du Trophée Victor Boin" (in French). RTBF. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.