Yannick Michiels Explained

Yannick Michiels
Birth Date:29 July 1991
Sport:Orienteering
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Yannick Michiels (born 29 July 1991) is a Belgian orienteer.[1] He is the first Belgian orienteer to receive a medal at the World Orienteering Championships, receiving a bronze medal in the sprint discipline at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships in Denmark.[2]

Orienteering

He represented Belgium at the 2017 World Games in Poland, where he won a silver medal in the sprint distance.[3]

Michiels competed at the 2012, 2013, 2014 (7th in sprint), 2015 (5th in sprint)[4] and 2017 World Orienteering Championships. In 2021, he became the first Belgian to receive a medal in the European Orienteering Championships.

In 2022, Michiels won Belgium's first medal at the World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint final, held in Vejle, Michiels won the bronze medal, coming behind Kasper Harlem Fosser and Gustav Bergman. Originally, Michiels placed fourth, but the runner who finished in third place (Kris Jones[5] was disqualified), giving Michiels the bronze medal.

Athletics

Michiels has also competed for Belgium in Athletics, taking 59th place at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships in France.[6]

Personal life

Michiels is from Mol, Belgium.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yannick Michiels . IOF Eventor . 25 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Yannick Michiels from Mol is the first Belgian ever to win a medal at the World Orientation Run . Sporza . July 2022 . 1 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Official results for Sprint . IOF Eventor . 25 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180807002046/https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5713&groupBy=EventClass . 7 August 2018 . live .
  4. Web site: Results for Sprint Final on 02-Aug-2015 . woc2015.org . 27 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207043029/http://www.woc2015.org/documents/Sprint_Final_results.html . 7 February 2016 . live .
  5. Web site: Results for Sprint Final 2022 . woc2022.dk . 2 July 2022.
  6. Web site: World Athletics- Yannick Michiels . World Athletics . 2 July 2022.