Francis Rombouts (boccia)
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| Born | 11 February 1984 India | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boccia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | BC2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bas Van Dycke Wesley Deleu | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis Rombouts (born 11 February 1984) is a Belgian Paralympic boccia player of Indian descent. He competes in classification BC2.[1]
Rombouts was born in India with cerebral palsy and was adopted at the age of 18 months by a Belgian family.[1] He started playing Boccia at the age of 12 at Parantee-Psylosclub IE Sport at the insistence of club administrator Jo De Becker who was also a teacher at Rombouts's school, "VIBO De Brem", a special education school in Oud-Turnhout.[2] He is a member of Spinnaker in Ekeren, Belgium, a sporting club associated with Heder, an institution for children, youngsters and adults with a mental or physical disability.[1][3] His chosen nickname is "Blackjack", a reference to the white ball or "jack" associated with Boccia and the dark colour of his skin.[1]
Personal
Rombouts lives in Tielen.[4]
