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Bruno De Wannemaeker

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Bruno De Wannemaeker (born 19 March 1959 in Nioki, Belgian Congo) is a Belgian sports administrator.

Life and career

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In 1981 he graduated as Master in physical education[1] and in 1983 as Master of rehabilitation science and physiotherapy at the Sports Institute of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. During his university studies he was active as an alpine skier, handball player and windsurfer. He also played a prominent role in the student sports organisation Apolloon as praeses finances, praeses skistage and praeses kiné.

After mandatory military service in the Belgian army at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, where he worked as chief physiotherapist, he worked for the Landelijke Windsurfing Federatie, Sun Touroperators Belgium, exportmanager for Biscuits Dupon en Belgian chocolates Van Coillie, Balta Industries and Event Masters.

Since 2002, he has worked for the Flemish Government Bloso as a sports- and event-manager at the Flanders Sports Arena, Topsporthal Vlaanderen[2] in Ghent.

Sailing, windsurfing and kiteboard

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  • Since the mid-nineteen-eighties, he has been involved in race management, organization, juries and measurement on more than 100 International, European, Continental and World Championships in sailing, windsurfing, and kiteboarding. His specialty lies mainly the windsurfing disciplines such as slalom, formula windsurfing, freestyle, and wave riding. In 2007, he was one of the first to be involved in the kite racing discipline. He was appointed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as International Race Officer on the 49R and windsurfing course and International Measurer for the RS:X class, 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore (2010) as International Measurer for sailing and windsurfing and the 2012 London Olympics[3] as International Measurer for the RS:X class.

In 2012 he was associated with the ISAF Council's decision in May 2012 to replace the RS:X class with Kiteboard racing. The decision created a grass roots campaign to reinstate the RS:X Class and was overturned by the ISAF General Assembly, which reinstated windsurfing as an Olympic Discipline in Dublin on 10 November of the same year. The somewhat unfortunate legacy of the short-lived decision has not entirely dissipated since.

References

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  1. ^ Leden 30telenet.be Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Contact". Bloso.be. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/2012OlympicSailingCompetitionITOs-[permanent dead link][12519].pdf
  4. ^ "Bruno De Wannemaeker - Belgium | LinkedIn". Be.linkedin.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Race Officials | ISAF | World Sailing | official website : Race Officials Index". Sailing.org. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ "International Funboard Class Association". Ifca.internationalwindsurfing.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Welcome to International Windsurfing Association Website at". Internationalwindsurfing.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Bestuur - VYF". Vyf.be. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  9. ^ "The International Kiteboarding Association | Executive Committee". Internationalkiteboarding.org. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Committees | About | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Website : Windsurfing & Kiteboarding". Sailing.org. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Equipment Committee".
  12. ^ "International Measurers Sub-committee". Retrieved 21 August 2023.