Biography
Dries CORRIJN
Dries CORRIJN
ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION
Male
17/05/1985
190
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Athlete entered in:
 
other members of the team: William PETERS
NICKNAME:  
Corrino
FACEBOOK:  
https://www.facebook.com/dcorrijn
OCCUPATION:  
Insurances
LANGUAGES:  
Dutch, English, French, German
HIGHER EDUCATION:  
Insurance broker
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   I began canoe at age six in Ghent, Belgium
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:  
Because of the feeling of liberty when you are paddling, and because of the many nice natural places you can see all around the world.
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:  
Marc Moens
TRAINING PARTNER(S):  
Kim Deloore
HERO/IDOL:    Knut Holmann
SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO:  
Don't train to get it right, Train until you can't get it wrong
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE:  
Lake of Bohinj
CLUB:  
KCCG - Ghent, Belgium
NAME OF COACH:  
No coach...
TRAINING REGIME:  
I am training with a schedule of an olympic half-marathon runner, adjusted to Kayaking. So with some more lactate training and technical training.
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:  
2007
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:  
Czech Republic
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:  
European Marathon Championships
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION:    Tyn nad Vltavou
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:  
2001: winner marathon Ardeche as Junior in K2
OTHER INFORMATION:  
I was paddling just for fun until the age of 27, and from that moment I started to take things much more serious.
I still have a fulltime job but train twice a day, with sessions before and after work.
2015 ICF CANOE MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Sep 12
14:45
 
Men's 30000m K1 SENIOR
Final A
BEL Dries CORRIJN
14
02:07:49
Sep 13
14:30
 
Men's 30000m K2 SENIOR
Final A
BEL BEL
14
02:01:44



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