Christophe Hindricq
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1965 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair Rugby Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Rolling Lions - Namur | ||||||||||||||
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Christophe Hindricq (born 18 February 1965) is a former Paralympian sportsman from Belgium. He competed in wheelchair rugby and para-cycling. His twenty-two yearlong sporting career spanned from May 2000 to May 2022.[1]
Personal history
[edit]Hindricq was born in Belgium in 1965. He was a restaurant worker and manager of a sports gym when In 1988 he suffered a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident. Ten years later he began para-sporting.[2] He is a co-founder of para-cycling club Rolling Lions in Namur, Belgium.[3]
Sporting career
[edit]Hindricq participated in 3 Paralympics. He was a member of Belgium's wheelchair rugby team that competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. After switching to para-cycling, he competed in the H1 men's road race and time trial at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and in the H2 men's road race and time trial at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. He won a bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro as a member of Belgium's team in the mixed team relay.[1][4]
He participated in 6 world championships and was crowned European champion in 2005 in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.[1]
Honours
[edit]- chevalier du Mérite wallon (November 2016) [2]
Awards
[edit]- Trophy Victor Boin (2017) [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "CHRISTOPHE HINDRICQ, MÉDAILLÉ DE BRONZE AUX JEUX DE RIO 2016, MET UN TERME À SA CARRIÈRE INTERNATIONALE À OSTENDE" (in French). www.handisport.be. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Hindricq Christophe Chevalier (2016)" (in French). www.wallonie.be. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Le trophée Boin pour Christophe Hindricq" (in French). www.wallonie.be. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "HANDBIKERS VLAMMEN NAAR BRONS IN TEAM RELAY" (in Dutch). www.paralympics.be. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "CHRISTOPHE HINDRICQ EST LE LAURÉAT DU TROPHÉE VICTOR BOIN" (in Dutch). www.paralympics.be. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
External links
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Belgian male cyclists
- Paralympic cyclists for Belgium
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen