Laurens Pannecoucke
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Belgium| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Born | 19 July 1988 Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoeing |
Event | Sprint canoe |
| Club | Bloso Hazewinkel[1] |
| Coached by | Carlos Prendes[1] |
Laurens Pannecoucke (/ˈpɑːnəˌkuːkə/; born 19 July 1988) is a Belgian sprint canoeist.[1][2] Pannecoucke is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Bloso Hazewinkel Sports Club in Willebroek, and is coached and trained by Carlos Prendes.[1]
Pannecoucke qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by finishing fourth from the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[3] Pannecoucke and his partner Olivier Cauwenbergh paddled to a second-place finish and tenth overall in the B-final by forty-seven hundredths of a second (0.47) behind the winning Danish pair Kim Wraae Knudsen and Emil Stær Simensen, posting their best Olympic time of 3:13.298.[4] Three days later, the Belgian pair edged out Romania's Ionuț Mitrea and Bogdan Mada for fourth place by ten seconds, in the B-final of the men's K-2 200 metres, clocking at 36.336 seconds.[5] The pair also competed in the K-2 200 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]