page_title: Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics
section_title: Figure skating
hierarchical_section_title: Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics / Figure skating
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Изабель Пиман (Бельгия) на чемпионате мира по фигурному катанию 2012.
context_page_description: Belgium sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The nation has been to every Winter Olympics except two, both in the 1960s. The Belgian delegation to Vancouver consisted of eight athletes, competing in four different sports. The delegation did not win any medals, and their best performance in any event was ninth by Pieter Gysel in the short track speed skating 1,500 meters event.
context_section_description: These Olympics were Kevin van der Perren's third Olympic Games. His best finish was ninth at the 2006 Winter Games. He entered these Olympics with the goal of a top five finish. Van der Perren performed the short program in a skeleton costume. He thought it was his best short program he had ever performed, and expected to score higher than his personal best of 75.80 points. He scored 72.90 points, which put him in 12th place.
  Twice during the free skate, he had to balance himself with a hand on the ice after his jump. Since he was nervous, he simplified his jumps for the middle of the program. During the free skate he placed 18th with 116.94 points. He finished with 189.84 total points, finishing in 17th place overall.
  Isabelle Pieman met the criteria for the Olympics in 2009, but the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee delayed in selecting her for her first Olympic Games. She needed to finish in the top 24 to advance to the free skate. She set a new personal record during the short program, scoring 46.30 points. Pieman placed 25th, and did not advance to the free skating segment. She was happy with her finish, saying, "This was the best short freestyle in my career and I am very happy to have just been able to show that in Vancouver."
caption: Isabelle Pieman at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships
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