Kaat Van Daele

Kaat Van Daele (born 24 August 1989) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time Belgian national champion and has qualified twice for the free skate at the European Championships.

Kaat Van Daele
Van Daele at the 2012 European Championships
Born	(1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 (age 35) Ghent, Belgium
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Belgium
Coach	Karel Fajfr
Skating club	Heuvelkouter Liederke
Began skating	1997

Career

Van Daele began skating when she was 6 or 7 years old.^[1] She finished second at Belgian Nationals several times before winning her first title in 2013. That same season, she finished 18th at the European Championships and competed at her first World Championships, where she placed 28th.

In the 2013–14 season, Van Daele won her second national title and placed 20th at the European Championships.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2014 [2]	Bring Him Home by The Piano Guys	Morning (from Peer Gynt) by Edvard Grieg
2011–2013 [3][4]	Exogenesis Symphony by Muse	Born on the 4th of July by John Williams

Competitive highlights

Results[5]
International
Event	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
Worlds								28th	28th
Europeans							26th	18th	20th
Bavarian Open						11th		21st	13th
Challenge Cup				15th J.				7th
Cup of Nice			14th J.		21st		29th
Gardena						14th
Hellmut Seibt								9th
Ice Challenge								18th
Istanbul Cup							4th
Lombardia									8th
Mont Blanc						10th
Nebelhorn									22nd
NRW Trophy				7th J.	16th			16th	7th
Ondrej Nepela							10th	13th
Printemps							4th	5th
Warsaw Cup									13th
International: Junior
JGP Belarus				25th
National
Belgian Champ.	7th J.	2nd J.	2nd J.	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

1. Geurts, Mireille (14 January 2014). "Kaat van Daele: "Not even an hour has passed that I didn't train with passion."". Absolute Skating.
2. "Kaat VAN DAELE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
3. "Kaat VAN DAELE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013.
4. "Kaat VAN DAELE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012.
5. "Competition Results: Kaat VAN DAELE". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Kaat van Daele at Wikimedia Commons

• Kaat Van Daele at the International Skating Union
• Kaat Van Daele at sport-folio.net