Gallery 2: Lifting Action, part 2
My senior years (+20 years)
I had to wait till senoir age, 1996, to snatch the 'magical'
weight of 100 kg (Kindsbach - Germany) in the class -59 kg.![]() |
A heavy clean in training. |
In 1997 I made my selection to the World Championships in Chiang Mai
(Thailand) with 242.5 kg total (snatch 105 kg, jerk 137.5 kg).![]() |
Walking with the Belgian flag for the Opening Ceremony from the World Championships 1998 in Finland. I lifted in 62 kg class 110 snatch and 142.5 kg jerk. |
140 kg Jerk on the European Championships 1999 in La Coruņa (Spain) where
I placed 9 th. ![]() |
One of my best results, I reached in the
unmatched World Championships from 1999 in Athens. I snatched 120 and jerked 150. |
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European Championships 2000 -
Sofia (Bulgaria) My last chance to qualify for the Sydney Olympics. Training results were perfect, 125 snatch and 155 Jerk .... but somehow I had a black day and couldn't make a total. I missed my starting weight from 120 kg snatch three times... and the dream was over.
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European championship 2002 (Antalya)
I suffered a severe back injury I ended in 5 th place.
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Home last update: 2003-05-01.