Lize Broekx (born 5 April 1992) is a Belgian sprint canoeist.[1] She competed in the women's K-1 500 metres and the K-2 500 metres events at the 2020[2] and 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

Her father (Erik) and her uncles Paul and Jos Broekx also used to compete as sprint canoeists.

Personal life

Lize Broekx hails from Belgian kayaking royalty: her grandfather, Harry Broekx, was a founding member in 1945 of the Neerpeltse Watersport Club on the Bocholt–Herentals Canal in Pelt in the Belgian province of Limburg and became its first president. When he died in 1992, her father, Erik, took over the presidency. Her uncle Jos Broekx participated in three Summer Olympics (Munich, Montreal and Moscow), and her other uncle Paul Broekx participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. [4]

She holds a Master of Science in Biochemistry and biotechnology from the KU Leuven.

Career

In September 2010 she, together with Femke Weckx, won the gold medal in the women's junior K-2 at the 2010 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships on the Lake of Banyoles in Spain.[5] It was the first ever world title by a member of the Neerpeltse Watersport Club in its 65-year existence.[6]

Having formed a duo in the women's K-2 with Hermien Peters since 2012,[7] she won a first international medal at the senior level in an olympic discipline by winning the bronze medal in the K-2 500 metres at the 2018 European Canoe Sprint Championships in Belgrad, Serbia.[8]

She qualified for the women's K-2 500 metres, and women's K-1 500 metres events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan by finishing 4th in the A final of the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[9] At the Olympics, she finished 21st resp. 9th in the women's K-1 500 metres and K-2 500 metres.[10][11]

After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the kayaking seasons 2020 and 2021, she and Hermien Peters showed that they belonged henceforth to the world's best by winning in quick succession two bronzes resp. a silver medal at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhague,Denmark,[12] the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth,[13] Canada and the 2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Munich, Germany.[14][15]

In 2023, she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France by finishing just outside the medals in 4th place in the K-2 500 metres at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg,Germany.[16] At those 2024 Summer Olympics, she finished 5th in the women's K-2 500 metres and 14th in the Women's K-1 500 metres.

Awards

In 2011 she received the trophy of most promising young athlete in the Belgian province of Limburg, beating among others Luca Brecel.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Lize Broekx". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ^ "BROEKX Lize". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. ^ "BROEKX Lize". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Familie Broekx is aan vijfde Spelen toe: "Kajakweekends zijn het mooiste wat er is"" [The Broekx family is ready for its fifth Games: “Kayak weekends are the best there is”] (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  5. ^ "RESULTS WOMEN JUNIOR K-2" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Wereldtitels voor Femke Weckx en Lize Broekx" [World titles for Femke Weckx and Lize Broekx] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Kajakster Lize Broeckx trekt met vertrouwen naar Tokio: 'We hebben hier drie jaar voor gewerkt" [Kayaker Lize Broeckx heads to Tokyo with confidence: 'We have worked for this for three years]. www.knack.be (in Dutch). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Broekx et Peters décrochent le bronze à l'Euro en K2 500m" [Broekx and Peters win bronze at the Euro in K2 500m]. www.knack.be (in French). 10 June 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Hermien Peters et Lize Broekx 4e du K2 500m et qualifiées pour les JO 2020" [Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx 4th in the K2 500m and qualified for the 2020 Olympics] (in French). www.rtl.be. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  10. ^ "TOKYO 2020 CANOE SPRINT WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLE 500M RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  11. ^ "TOKYO 2020 CANOE SPRINT WOMEN'S KAYAK DOUBLE 500M RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Hermien Peters et Lize Broekx remportent la médaille de bronze sur le K2 500m" [Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx win bronze medal in K2 500m] (in French). Sporza. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Ten nations share medals on final day of Canoe Sprint World Championships". Inside the Games. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  14. ^ "PETERS HERMIEN". www.ec2022results.com. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Topdag voor België op EK kajak: vrouwen pakken ZILVER, Artuur Peters is goed voor BRONS" [Top day for Belgium at European Kayak Championships: women take SILVER, Artuur Peters takes BRONZE] (in Dutch). Sporza. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Hermien Peters en Lize Broekx kwalificeren zich met vierde plaats op WK Kajak Sprint voor Olympische Spelen" [Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx qualify for the Olympic Games with fourth place at the Kayak Sprint World Championships] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  17. ^ "Lize Broekx is beloftevolle jongere" [Lize Broekx is promising young athlete] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2025.


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