Beard swings

Beard swings
nation	Belgium
birthday	12th February 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Herent ,  Belgium
size	178 cm
Weight	67 kg
Career
society	RSC Heverlee
team	Powerslide Matter World
status	active
Medal table
WG medals 1 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 15 × 10 × 9 × EM medals 29 × 10 × 5 ×
World Games bronze 2013 Cali 10000 m PA silver 2013 Cali 1000 m sprint Track World Cup gold 2009 Haining 10000 m PA silver 2010 guar 10000 m PA silver 2010 guar 15000 mA gold 2011 Yeosu 10000 m PA silver 2011 Yeosu 15000 mA bronze 2011 Yeosu 3000 m relay silver 2012 Ascoli Piceno 10000 m PA bronze 2012 Ascoli Piceno 15000 mA gold 2013 Ostend 1000 m gold 2013 Ostend 10000 m PA gold 2013 Ostend 3000 m relay silver 2018 herd 10000 m PA bronze 2018 herd 15000 mA gold 2019 Barcelona 1000 m gold 2019 Barcelona 10000 m PA silver 2019 Barcelona 10000 mA bronze 2019 Barcelona 3000 m relay Road World Cup silver 2009 Haining 20000 mA gold 2010 guar 10000 m above sea level gold 2010 guar 20000 mA bronze 2010 guar marathon silver 2011 Yeosu 10000 m above sea level silver 2011 Yeosu 20000 mA bronze 2011 Yeosu 5000 m relay gold 2012 San Benedetto del Tronto 20000 mA gold 2012 San Benedetto del Tronto 5000 m relay gold 2012 San Benedetto del Tronto marathon gold 2013 Ostend 10000 m above sea level bronze 2013 Ostend marathon gold 2018 Arnhem 20000 mA bronze 2018 Arnhem 10000 m above sea level gold 2019 Barcelona 15000 mA silver 2019 Barcelona marathon bronze 2019 Barcelona 10000 m above sea level Rail EM gold 2009 Ostend 1000 m gold 2009 Ostend 10000 m PA gold 2009 Ostend 3000 m relay silver 2009 Ostend 15000 mA gold 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 1000 m gold 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 10000 m PA silver 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 3000 m relay gold 2011 herd 1000 m gold 2011 herd 10000 m PA gold 2011 herd 15000 mA gold 2012 Szeged 500 m bronze 2012 Szeged 15000 mA bronze 2012 Szeged 3000 m relay gold 2014 Geisingen 1000 m gold 2014 Geisingen 3000 m relay bronze 2014 Geisingen 10000 m PA gold 2015 Wörgl 1000 m gold 2015 Wörgl 10000 m PA silver 2015 Wörgl 15000 mA bronze 2015 Wörgl 3000 m relay silver 2016 herd 1000 m gold 2017 Lagos 3000 m relay silver 2017 Lagos 1000 m silver 2017 Lagos 10000 m PA Road EM bronze 2009 Ostend 20000 mA gold 2009 Ostend 5000 m relay gold 2009 Ostend marathon gold 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 10000 m above sea level gold 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 20000 mA gold 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 5000 m relay silver 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto marathon gold 2011 Zwolle 10000 m above sea level gold 2011 Zwolle 20000 mA gold 2011 Zwolle 5000 m relay gold 2013 Almere marathon gold 2014 Geisingen 20000 mA gold 2014 Geisingen 5000 m relay gold 2015 Innsbruck marathon silver 2015 Innsbruck 10000 m above sea level silver 2015 Innsbruck 20000 mA silver 2015 Innsbruck 10000 m above sea level gold 2016 herd 20000 mA silver 2016 herd marathon gold 2017 Lagos marathon gold 2018 Ostend marathon
Placements in the World Inline Cup
1. WIC medal May 24, 2010  World Cup victories 7th  Total WIC 1. ( 2015 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Top-Class (Grand-Prix) 0 1 0  Class 1 7th 2 0
last change: February 28, 2020

nation	Belgium
birthday	February 12, 1991
Career
Trainer	Marc Otter
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 1 × 1 × 1 × National medals 6 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver 2018 Pyeongchang Mass start  All around world championships bronze 2013 Hamar Four-way fight  All-around European Championships silver Minsk 2016 All-around bronze Heerenveen 2017 All-around  European championships gold 2020 Heerenveen Mass start
Placements in the speed skating world cup
Debut in the World Cup January 2011  World Cup victories 6th  Grand toilet 2. ( 2014/15 )  Total toilet 1500 2. ( 2012/13 )  Total toilet 5000/10000 6. ( 2014/15 , 2015/16 )  Total toilet mass start 1. ( 2017/18 , 2019/20 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  1500 meters 1 3 3  5000 meters 1 0 1  10,000 meters 0 1 0  Mass start 4th 2 10
last change: March 8, 2020

Bart Swings (born February 12, 1991 in Herent ) is a Belgian inline speed skater and speed skater . He started inline skating at the age of eight and has an older brother Maarten, who is also successful as an inline speed skater . Swings is multiple world and European champion in inline speed skating .

Career

Swings started in 2007 for the ZEPTO Skate Team, from 2008 to 2009 for the Orana Racing Team and from 2010 to 2011 for the CadoMotus World Team. In 2012 he switched to the Powerslide Matter World Team.

In 2018 Swings won the Berlin Marathon for the sixth time in a row . Since 2015, he has also held the course record of 56:49 minutes.

Swings studies at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .

Speed ​​skating

He has also been active as a speed skater since 2011 . At the all-around world championship in 2012 , he finished ninth in the overall ranking.

On November 25, 2012, Swings achieved a podium finish in a World Cup race for the first time . In Kolomna he takes second place over 1500 m.

On February 17, 2013, Swings surprisingly won his first World Championship medal in speed skating . He finished third in the great four-way fight at the all- around world championship in Hamar . On March 10, 2013, Swings won two World Cup races in Heerenveen for the first time . He won the 1500 m run and the mass start race.

Swings is a participant in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He finished fourth in the 5000 m race.

Swings won the silver medal in the mass start at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang .

Individual speed skating World Cup victories

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	March 10, 2013	Heerenveen	1000 m
2.	March 10, 2013	Heerenveen	Mass start
3.	March 22, 2015	Erfurt	Mass start
4th	15th November 2015	Calgary	Mass start
5.	March 13, 2016	Heerenveen	Mass start
6th	November 25, 2018	Tomakomai	5000 m

Inline speed skating

2009

• EM in Ostend
  • Gold 1,000 m (track), 10,000 m points out. (Track), 3,000 m relay (track), 5,000 m relay (road) and marathon
  • Silver 15,000 m Auss. (Train)
  • Bronze 20,000 m Auss. (Street)
• World Cup in Haining
  • Gold 10,000 points (Train)
  • Silver 20,000 m Auss. (Street)

2010

• EM in San Benedetto del Tronto
  • Gold 1,000 m (track), 10,000 m points out. (Track), 10,000 m points (road), 20,000 m out. (Road) and 5,000 m relay (road)
  • Silver 3,000 m (track) and marathon
• World Cup in guarne
  • Gold 10,000 m points (road) and 20,000 m Auss. (Street)
  • Silver 10,000 m points-out. (Track) and 15,000 m Auss. (Train)
  • Bronze marathon

2011

• EM in Heerde and Zwolle
  • Gold 1,000 m (track), 10,000 m points out. (Train), 15,000 m Auss. (Track), 10,000 points (road), 20,000 m out. (Road) and 5,000 m relay
• World Cup in Yeosu
  • Gold 10,000 m points-out. (Train)
  • Silver 15,000 m Auss. (Track), 10,000 m points (road) and 20,000 m out. (Street)
  • Bronze 3,000 m relay (track) and 5,000 m relay (road)

2012

• EM in Szeged
  • Gold 500 m (train)
  • Bronze 15,000 m Auss. (Track) and 3,000 m relay (track)
• World Cup in Ascoli Piceno and San Benedetto del Tronto
  • Gold 20,000 m Auss. (Road), 5,000 m relay (road) and gold marathon
  • Silver 10,000 m points-out. (Train)
  • Bronze 15,000 m Auss. (Train)
• Winner Berlin Half Marathon
• Winner XRace

2013

• World Cup in Ostend
  • Gold 1000 m (track), 10000 m points-out. (Track), 3000 m relay (track) and 10000 m points (road)
  • Bronze marathon
• EM in Almere
  • Gold marathon
• World Inline Cup
  • Winner Dijon
  • 2nd place in Rennes
• Winner Berlin Marathon

2014

• EM in Geisingen
  • Gold 1000 m (track), 3000 m relay (track), 20,000 m out. (Road) and 5000 m relay (road)
  • Bronze 10000 m points-out. (Train)
• Winner Middle Rhine Marathon
• Winner Berlin Marathon

2015

• EM in Wörgl and Innsbruck
  • Gold 1000 m (track), 10000 m points-out. (Track) and marathon
  • Silver 15000 m Auss. (Train), 10000 points (road) and 20000 m Auss. (Street)
  • Bronze 3000 m relay (track)
• World Inline Cup
  • Winner Rennes , Dijon and overall standings
  • 2nd place Ostrava
• Winner Berlin Marathon

2016

• EM in Heerde
  • Gold 20000 m Auss. (Street)
  • Silver 1000 m (track) and marathon
• Winner Berlin Marathon

2017

• EM in Lagos
  • Gold 3000 m relay (track) and marathon
  • Silver 1000 m (track) and 10000 m points out. (Train)
• Winner Berlin Marathon

2018

• World Cup in Heerde and Arnhem
  • Gold 20000 m (road)
  • Silver 10000 m points-out. (Train)
  • Bronze 15000 m Auss. and 10000 m points (road)
• EM in Ostend
  • Gold marathon
• Winner Berlin Marathon

2019

• World Cup in Barcelona
  • Gold 1000 m (track), 10000 m points-out. (Train), 15000 m Auss. (Street)
  • Silver 10000 m Auss. (Train), marathon
  • Bronze 3000 m relay (road), 10000 m points (road)

Web links

• Statistics at speed skating news
• Statistics at speedskatingresults.com
• Photos by Bart Swings at DESGphoto

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Bart Swings 2012 online-skating.com accessed on November 1, 2012
2. ↑ Interview with Bart Swings 2011 online-skating.com accessed on November 1, 2012
3. ↑ Hattrick at the Berlin Marathon morgenpost.de, accessed on October 5, 2015
4. ↑ Results World Cup 2012 in Moscow ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) isuresults.eu accessed on November 1, 2012
5. ↑ Bart Swings outclasses the competition http://www.berliner-generalprobe.de/training-und-sportmedizin/medizinische-hinweise/uebersicht/2012/04/01/bart-swings-deklassiert-die-konferenz-beim-32- vattenfall-berliner-Halbmarathon.html ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) berliner-generalprobe.de accessed on November 1, 2012