Bart Swings

Bart Swings

Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	12 February 1991 Herent, Belgium
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	2010
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's speed skating World Allround Championships 2013 Hamar Allround European Allround Championships 2016 Minsk Allround Men's inline speed skating World Championships 2009: Track 10K Points 2010: Road 20K Eliminiation 2010: Road 10K Points 2011: Track 10K Points 2012: Road 20K Eliminiation 2012: Road Marathon 2012: Road 5K Relay 2013: Track 10K Points 2013: Track 3K Relay 2013: Track 1000 m 2013: Road 10K Points 2009: Road 20K Elimination 2010: Track 20K Eliminiation 2010: Track 10K Points 2011: Track 15K Eliminiation 2011: Road 20K Elimination 2011: Road 10K Points 2012: Track 10K Points 2010: Road Marathon 2011: Track 3K Relay 2011: Road 5K Relay 2012: Track 20K Eliminiation 2013: Road Marathon European Championships 2009: Track 1000m 2009: Track 10K Points-elim 2009: Track 3K Relay 2009: Road 5K Relay 2009: Road Marathon 2010: Track 1000 m 2010: Track 10K Points-elim 2010: Road 20K Elimination 2010: Road 10K Points 2010: Road 5K Relay 2011: Track 1000m 2011: Track 10K Points-elim 2011: Track 15K Elimination 2011: Road 20K Elimination 2011: Road 10K Points 2011: Road 5K Relay 2012: Track 500m 2013: Road Marathon 2014: Track 1000m 2014: Track 3K Relay 2014: Road 20K Elimination 2014: Road 5K Relay 2015: Track 1000m 2015: Track 10K Points-elim 2015: Road Marathon 2016: Road 20K Elimination 2009: Track 15K Elimination 2010: Track 3K Relay 2015: Track 15K Elimination 2015: Road 10K Points 2015: Road 20K Elimination 2016: Track 1000m 2009: Road 20K Elimination 2012: Track 15K Elimination 2012: Track 3K Relay 2014: Road 5K Relay 2015: Track 3K Relay World Games 2013 Cali Track 10K Elimination 2013 Cali Road 20K Elimination 2013 Cali Track 1000m 2013 Cali Road 10K Points

Bart Swings (born 12 February 1991 in Herent) is a Belgian long track speed skater and multiple European^[2] and world champion inline speed skater.^[3] He is the world record holder on 10000m inline speed skating with 14:41.425.

In his first world championship speed skating, the 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany, he finished 17th in the 5000 m.^[4]

At the 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, he finished 9th overall, with a personal record at the 500m and a national record at the 1500m.^[5]

At the 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, he finished 3rd overall and took the Bronze medal back home to Belgium.

Swings is currently studying for an engineer's degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.^[6]

His brother Maarten Swings and Ferre Spruyt also make the combination of inline speed skating and speed skating, both participating in the inlineskating world championships and qualifying for the ISU Speed Skating World Cup.

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	36.46	7 November 2015	Olympic Oval, Calgary	Current Belgian record[7]
1000 m	1.10.00	10 November 2013	Olympic Oval, Calgary	Current Belgian record[8]
1500 m	1:42.48	15 November 2015	Olympic Oval, Calgary	Current Belgian record[9]
3000 m	3:39.34	2 November 2013	Olympic Oval, Calgary	Current Belgian record[10]
5000 m	6:13.37	17 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Current Belgian record[11]
10000 m	12:57.31	21 November 2015	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Current Belgian record
Team pursuit	3:45.64	16 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Current Belgian record (with Ferre Spruyt and Maarten Swings)[12]

As of 23 November 2015, his highest ranking on the all-time Adelskalender is 11th.^[13]

Notes

1. "Interview with Bart Swings, leader of Powerslide Matter World Team". OLS roller-skating magazine. online-skating.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
2. van Stiphout, Marc (8 August 2011). "13 maal goud voor België op EK skeeleren". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
3. "Tweede wereldtitel voor Bart Swings". Het Nieuwsblad. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
4. Jacobs, Hans (12 March 2011). "Bart Swings maakt knap WK-debuut op ijs". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
5. "Bart Swings negende op WK allround, vijfde keer goud voor Kramer". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Belga. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
6. Vandeweghe, Hans (11 March 2011). "* Sport Gevonden: Belg met schaatstalent". De Standaard. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
7. "Bart Swings piekt al vroeg met Belgisch record". Sporza.be. 8 November 2015.
8. "Swings skates Belgian 1.000m record". sporza.be. 10 November 2013.
9. Van Aken, Tom (15 November 2015). "Zilver voor Swings in nieuw BR". Sport.be.
10. "Bart Swings komt dicht bij wereldrecord op 3 km". De Standaard (in Dutch). 3 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
11. "Bart Swings verbetert Belgische chrono op 5.000 meter". Knack. 18 November 2013.
12. "België met nieuwe recordtijd elfde in ploegenachtervolging". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Belga. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
13. Stenlund, Evert. "Adel". Retrieved 23 November 2015.