Biography
Ulrike VIERSTRAETE
Ulrike VIERSTRAETE
ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION
Female
29/09/1998
 
 
Athlete entered in:
 
 
NICKNAME:  
Rikkie
HOBBIES:  
kajak, toneel,going out,running, powerring,...
FACEBOOK:  
https://www.facebook.com/ulrike.vierstraete
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:  
Kortrijk
OCCUPATION:  
Student, Athlete
LANGUAGES:  
Dutch, english, francais
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:  
kortrijk 4 years ago
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:  
I did before basketball for 8 years but then had a knee injury and I decided to stop. My brother started with the kayak and I followed very quickly, and since then I keep doing it in the beginning it was mostly to have fun and not to participate in competitions but that changed very quickly through hard training. I love it because it is one outdoor and I can be myself on the water.
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:  
my parents and brother
TRAINING PARTNER(S):  
Kjinta, Lisanne, arne , Klaas , Conrad
HERO/IDOL:  
Lisa carrington
SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS:  
Christ
SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO:  
when you can dream it you can do it
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE:  
Marathon
FAVOURITE FOOD:  
pasta
FAVOURITE MUSIC:  
avicii
AMBITIONS :  
after my career of topsort i want to be a trainer of the national team
AWARDS AND HONORS:  
i'm balgian chamion at marathon
CLUB:  
Koninklijke Kortrijkse Yacht en Kano Club
NAME OF COACH:  
Dorian
NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH:  
Belgian
SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?:  
2 years ago
TRAINING REGIME:  
I train for long pieces with interval eg 4 min pace than 6 or 8 or 12, and then back down a pyramid so. I'm going to run and powerren ....
2016 ICF CANOE MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Aug 1
12:10
 
Women's 3600m K1 SENIOR
Final A
BEL Ulrike VIERSTRAETE
11
20:06.71
Aug 2
10:20
 
Women's 28800m K1 SENIOR
Final A
BEL Ulrike VIERSTRAETE
10
2:36:06.52



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