# Belgium at the 2013 Summer Universiade

Belgium competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen | Athletics | Men's Decathlon |
| Bronze | Fanny Smets | Athletics | Women's Pole Vault |
With these results Belgium achieved the 39th place out of 162 participating countries in the medals table.

## Athletics

Belgium was represented by six competitors in athletics.
Men
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ali Hamdi | 1500 metres | 3:43.77 | 5th Q | 3:44.38 | 10th |
| Dieter Vanstreels | Half marathon | | | Did Not Finish | Did Not Finish |

### Decathlon

| Event | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen |
| Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| 100 m | 11.12 | 834 | 3rd |
| Long jump | 7m80 | 1010 | 1st |
| Shot put | 13m48 | 697 | 8th |
| High jump | 2m07 | 868 | 2nd |
| 400 m | 49.35 | 844 | 3rd |
| 110 m hurdles | 14.77 | 878 | 2nd |
| Discus throw | 38m74 | 639 | 8th |
| Pole vault | 5m30 | 1004 | 1st |
| Javelin throw | 62m43 | 774 | 5th |
| 1500 m | 4:50.48 | 616 | 6th |
| Total | Total | 8,164 | |
Women
| Athlete | Events | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Axelle Dauwens | 400 metres hurdles | 57.53 | 9th | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chloe Henry | Pole vault | | | 4m30 | 6th |
| Fanny Smets | Pole vault | | | 4m30 | |

## Badminton

Belgium was represented by three badminton players.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Maxime Moreels | Singles | Hong (KOR) L 2-0 (21-8, 21-18) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 33 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Marie Demy | Singles | Suo (CHN) L 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 33 |
| Lianne Tan | Singles | Guiffre (CAN) W 2-0 (21-10, 21-8) | Dmytryshyn (UKR) W 2-0 (21-10, 21-17) | Sun (CHN) L 2-0 (21-8, 21-9) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

## Boxing

Belgium was represented by one boxer.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Dodji Ayigah | Flyweight | Aloyan (RUS) L 3-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

Belgium was represented by three competitors in fencing.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| François Xavier Ferot | Individual épée | Freilich (ISR) L 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hans-Joachim Lecocq | Individual foil | Kulakov (KAZ) W 15–12 | Foconi (ITA) L 5–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Delphine Groslambert | Individual foil | | Dobbs (USA) W 15–12 | Nishioka (JPN) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics

Belgium was represented in both artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.

### Artistic gymnastics

Two gymnasts competed in the artistic gymnastics competition.

### Rhythmic gymnastics

One gymnast competed in the rhythmic gymnastics competition for Belgium.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rope | Hoop | Ball | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Elisabeth De Leeuw | Individual | 14.106 | 14.916 | 14.733 | 14.550 | 58.215 | 20 |

## Judo

Belgium was represented by three female and one male judoka.

## Rowing

Belgium was represented by two rowers.

## Rugby sevens

Belgium was represented by a men's team.

### Men

The men's team participated in Group B.

#### Team roster

* Name
* Vincent Hart
* Bram Coupé
* Victor Wartique
* Mehdi Hrim
* Guillaume Mundele
* Tom Coupé
* Betrand Billi
* George Mclachlan
* Hendrik Brouwers
* Nathan Bonthems
* Charles Reynaert
Head coach: Nicolas Le Roux Team manager: Monique Petitjean

#### Preliminary round

| Team | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 12 | +95 | 9 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 10 | +61 | 7 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 69 | -29 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 137 | −127 | 3 |
* 14 July 2013 11:34
| Belgium | 26–0 | Georgia |
* Tulpar Stadium
* 14 July 2013 15:58
| Belgium | 38–0 | Malaysia |
* Tulpar Stadium
* 15 July 2013 14:46
| Great Britain | 10–7 | Belgium |
* Tulpar Stadium

#### Quarterfinals

* 16 July 2013 11:50
| South Africa | 26–12 | Belgium |
* Tulpar Stadium

#### Plate tier

* 16 July 2013 16:34
| Italy | 10-12 | Belgium |
* Tulpar Stadium
* 17 July 2013 11:15
| Belgium | 19-10 | Japan |
* Tulpar Stadium

## Table Tennis

Belgium was represented by three competitors in table tennis.

## Water polo

Belgium was represented by a men's team.

### Men

The men's team participated in Group B.

#### Team roster

Abbreviations :
| Pos. | Position | № | Cap number |
| A | Attacker | U | Utility |
| D | Defender | GK | Goalkeeper |
| № | Name | Pos. |
| 3 | Sven Publie | |
| 2 | Greg Heirman | |
| 8 | Nick De Backer | |
| 13 | Arthur Parmentier | GK |
| 9 | Gerry Verschuren | |
| 5 | Ruben Cools | |
| 4 | Kevin Vervoort | |
| 7 | Nick Poelmans | |
| 1 | Jorden Van Doorn | GK |
| 6 | Thomas Herman | |
| 11 | Nicolas Goffin | |
| 10 | Arnaud Marenne | |
Head coach: Niculae Fulgeanu Assistant coach: Bernard Pollak

#### Preliminary round

| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 8 |
| Serbia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 8 |
| United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 5 |
| Brazil | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 5 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 4 |
| Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 112 | –99 | 0 |
| 5 July 2013 18:30 | Italy | 28–1 | Belgium | Burevestnik Swimming Pool |
| 7 July 2013 14:00 | Brazil | 19–3 | Belgium | Burevestnik Swimming Pool |
| 8 July 2013 17:00 | Belgium | 5–24 | Montenegro | Burevestnik Swimming Pool |
| 10 July 2013 15:30 | Report | United States | 19–2 | Belgium | Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Murray (CAN), Szekely (HUN) |
| Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Murray (CAN), Szekely (HUN) |||
| 11 July 2013 12:30 | Serbia | 22–2 | Belgium |

#### Classification round

| 13 July 2013 12:30 | Georgia | 7–5 | Belgium |
| 15 July 2013 12:30 | Belgium | 12–15 | Canada |
Final rank: 12

## Weightlifting

Belgium was represented by one female weightlifter.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Anna Van Bellinghen | 75 kg | 88 | 12 | 107 | 12 | 195 | 12 |