Nationality Belgian Role Speed Skater Siblings Maarten Swings Name Bart Swings Turned pro 2010 | Sport Speed skating Weight 67 kg Country Belgium Height 1.79 m | |
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Born 12 February 1991 (age 33) ( 1991-02-12 ) Herent, Belgium Profiles | ||
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Bart Swings (born 12 February 1991) is a Belgian long track speed skater and multiple European and world champion inline speed skater. He is the world record holder on 10000 m inline speed skating with 14:41.425.
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- 2013 speed skating championships powerslide 03 men 10k elim pts bart swings
- 2013 speed skating championships powerslide 13 men 3k relay bart swings
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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.
At the 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, he finished 9th overall, with a personal record at the 500 m and a national record at the 1500 m.
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.
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.
2013 speed skating championships powerslide 13 men 3k relay bart swings
Personal records
As of 23 November 2015, his highest ranking on the all-time Adelskalender is 11th.