Carine Verbauwen

Carine Verbauwen (Ghent, 30 December 1961)^[1] is a Belgian swimmer. She had the best styles for the 100 and 200 meter backstroke.

Her swimming career began at the age of ten. She swam in MZV Eeklo.

In 1975, she was the first Belgium winner at the European Junior Championships with a silver medal for 800m freestyle. The next year, she also won two silver medals.^[2]

As a fourteen-year-old, she was present at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the Women's 4x100 meters medley, her class was not in the heats with a time of 4:30.78. She swam her 100m backstroke and did wonders in 1:07.41 yielding a Belgian record. She also performed in the 400 meter freestyle, 800 meter freestyle and the 4 x 100 meter freestyle.

At the 1980 Summer Olympics^[3] in Moscow, she won fifth place in the final of the 100m backstroke in a time of 1:03.82 and a sixth place in the final of the 200m backstroke with a time of 2:16.66. In the Women's 4x100 meters medley, she managed a team of Yolande van der Straeten, Brigitte Bosmans and her sister Pascale Verbauwen but did not get beyond in the heats with a time of 4:26.33. She put her 100m butterfly set in 1:04.38. She also performed in the 100 meter freestyle.

Her time of 1:03.82 in the 100m backstroke set a Belgian record that would stand until Silke Van Hoof surpassed it in 2008 in Antwerp with an improved time of 1:02.86.

In 1975, 1978 and 1979, she was elected Belgian Sportswoman of the Year. She was thus the first woman who won the accolade in 1975. In 2000, she was in another selection of the Belgian Professional Association of Sports Journalists in sixth place as Athlete of the Century. In 2009, she was one of the top athletes in the program Eternal Fame.

Carine Verbauwen is the daughter of multiple Belgian champion swimmers Herman Verbauwen (1944) and Francine Delaunoy (Belgian champion 100m butterfly), and sister of Pascale Verbauwen, also a swimmer. Carine Verbauwen is currently the head coach at the Royal Ghent Swimming Club, training swimmers such as Rami Anis.^[4] She is mother of two children.

In 2016, Carine Verbauwen served as a coach to the Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[5]

100m backstroke

She improved on several occasions the Belgian record time

20/03/1976 in Molenbeek 1:07.60
18/07/1976 in Montreal ( Canada ) 1:07.41
14/08/1976 in Naples ( Italy ) 1:06.60
04/03/1978 in Antwerp 1:06.33
07/04/1978 in Tel Aviv 1:06.26
08/05/1978 in Seraing 1:05.52
08/05/1978 in Seraing 1:05.13
20/08/1978 in Berlin (Germany) 1:04.78
18/08/1979 in Brugge 1:04.41
22/07/1980 in Moscow ( USSR ) 1:04.37
23/07/1980 Moscow (USSR) 1:03.82

200m backstroke

08/04/1974 in Molenbeek 2:29.97
31/08/1975 in Molenbeek 2:25.82
28/03/1976 in Lambert 2:25.70
15/08/1976 in Naples 2:23.30
19/03/1978 in Bremen (Germany) 2:23.23
19/03/1978 in Bremen 2:20.46
12/08/1979 in Utrecht ( Netherlands ) 2:19.63

References

↑ "Olympic.org-- Athlete summary".
↑ "European Championships".
↑ "Sports Reference Olympic Sports".
↑ "Swimmer who fled Syria headed to Rio". The Calgary Herald. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ "Olympic.org-- Refugee Olympic Team list" (PDF).

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Field hockey team 2013–2014 Football team 2015 Davis Cup team

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot

Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort

Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck

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