Sophie Vercruyssen
Sophie Vercruyssen 
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| birthday | 22nd February 1992 (age 28) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Belgium | ||||||||
| size | 166 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg | ||||||||
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| discipline | Bobsleigh | ||||||||
| Trainer | Janis Skrastins | ||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||
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Sophie Vercruyssen (born February 22, 1992 ) is a Belgian bobsleigh athlete and Olympic participant.
Athletic career
Vercruyssen works as a pusher in the two-man bobsleigh. In the European Championship , it was together with Elfje Willemsen fourth and in the World Cup with Elfje Willemsen seventh. In the first race of the season of the 2015/16 World Cup , she finished second behind Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz together with Willemsen, which they achieved again in the third race in Königssee . In February 2016 she won silver with Willemsen at the European Championships in St. Moritz , which was the first Belgian European Championship medal in bobsleigh . She is a participant in the 2018 Winter Olympics .
Private
Lore Simons has been Vercruyssen's life partner since 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olympia: Sophie Vercruyssen
- ↑ L-MAG Online: These are the lesbian and bisexual Olympians in PyeongChang , February 11, 2018, accessed on February 25, 2018.
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| SURNAME | Vercruyssen, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian bobsledder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgium |