Biography
Tom CREMERS
Tom CREMERS
ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION
Male
18/04/1982
186
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FACEBOOK:  
https://www.facebook.com/tom.cremers
INSTAGRAM:  
cremerstom
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:  
Otegem
OCCUPATION:  
Teamboss
LANGUAGES:  
Dutch, English, French, German(a little bit)
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:  
I began canoeing at the age of 11 at Koninklijke Sobeka Kanoclub Zwevegem, Belgium.
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:  
I was a footballplayer and wanted to try something else.
I was pushed towards wathersports because of my allergy with dust.
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:  
my wife
TRAINING PARTNER(S):  
Laurens Pannecoucke and the seniors at my club
HERO/IDOL:  
Hungarian Marathon legend Istvan Salga
SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO:  
Failure is temperary, quitting is forever
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE:  
Banyoles, Spain
FAVOURITE FOOD:  
The real Belgian Fries
FAVOURITE MUSIC:  
K's Choice
AMBITIONS :  
Be the best i can with the time i have available.
Get other kids attracted to the sport of canoe-marathon.

Get the marathon worlds to Belgium
CLUB:  
KSKZ
NAME OF COACH:  
Filipe Pereira
NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH:  
Portuguese
TRAINING REGIME:  
Because i work in shifts, it hard to train on the same moments. Some weeks i have to train at 22h and other weeks i can train in the afternoon.
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:  
2002
 
2012
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:  
Norway
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:  
World cup marathon
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION:  
Bergen
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:  
My first world championships marathon in k2 with Laurens Pannecoucke. We had a hard time to get selected for the worlds but managed to get a top 10 finish when nobody thaught we could do it.
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 Tom CREMERS
DNF



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