Laurens Pannecoucke Explained

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Laurens Pannecoucke
Birth Date:19 July 1988
Birth Place:Kortrijk, Belgium
Weight:820NaN0
Sport:Canoeing
Event:Sprint canoe
Club:Bloso Hazewinkel
Coach:Carlos Prendes
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Laurens Pannecoucke (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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laurens Pannecoucke. London 2012. 20 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130501232644/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/pannecoucke-laurens-1129453/. 1 May 2013.
  2. Laurens Pannecoucke. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092449/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/laurens-pannecoucke-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 20 February 2013.
  3. News: Cauwenbergh en Pannecoucke veroveren ticket voor Londen. Cauwenbergh and Pannecoucke guaranteed ticket to London. Dutch. Bloso. 22 August 2011. 20 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Final B. London 2012. 20 February 2013. 21 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073324/http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-1000m-men/phase=cfm121100/index.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m Final B. London 2012. 20 February 2013. 11 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130411071441/http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-200m-men/phase=cfm122100/index.html. dead.