Biography
Dries CORRIJN
 ROYAL BELGIAN CANOE FEDERATION
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| 17/05/1985 | |
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| other members of the team: | Laurens PANNECOUCKE | ||
| NICKNAME: |
Corrino
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| FACEBOOK: |
https://www.facebook.com/dcorrijn
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| OCCUPATION: |
Insurances
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| LANGUAGES: |
Dutch, English, French, German
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| HIGHER EDUCATION: |
Insurance broker
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| 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.
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| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: |
Marc Moens
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| TRAINING PARTNER(S): |
Kim Deloore
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| HERO/IDOL: |
Knut Holmann |
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| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: |
Don't train to get it right, Train until you can't get it wrong
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| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: |
Lake of Bohinj
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| CLUB: |
KCCG - Ghent, Belgium
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| NAME OF COACH: |
No coach...
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| 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.
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: |
2007
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY: |
Czech Republic
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: |
European Marathon Championships
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: |
Tyn nad Vltavou |
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| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: |
2001: winner marathon Ardeche as Junior in K2
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| 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. |
2016 ICF CANOE MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
| Start Time | Event | Participants | Rank | Results | Available Information | ||
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Sep 18 14:30 |
Men's 29800m K2 SENIOR Final A |
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02:08:48.910
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