|
|
Inline Speed Skaters in Belgium
An Interview with Britta Vantournout
Part 1 of 3
|
|
More of this interview:
Part 2
-
Part 3
|
©
Dierycx
|
|
BRITTA VANTOURNHOUT - PART 1
In December of 2002 I interviewed
Belgian inline speed skating champion
Britta Vantournhout. Here is part 1 of that
3-part interview
|
Personal Information
Kathie Fry:
Britta, tell me a little about yourself.
Have you always lived in Belgium?
Britta:
I was born in Oostende, Belgium on December 26, 1983
and I have lived there all my life.
Beginnings
Kathie:
How old were you when you skated for the first time?
Britta:
I live about 200 meters from the track in Oostende,
and as soon as I could walk, my brother took me to the
track and taught me to skate on quad roller skates.
It was outdoors on the little soccer-square and on
the track.
Kathie:
I guess that partially answers my next question which is,
did you start in speed skating or some other discipline?
Britta:
I started in speed, but at first we
mostly we just played around on our
skates, not really skating laps on the track. I
started doing real speed skating when I was 7 years old.
So I guess I had already been skating 5 years by the time I started
skating in real races.
Kathie:
Are there any other skaters in your family?
Britta:
Oh yeah, my brother used to skate, but now he's a soccer
player. He stopped skating when he was about 12. And then
I have my 2 cousins that I train with: Kenny and Jimmy
Pierloot. And I also have 2 cousins who are skating:
Tania and Petra Everaert. So yeah, we have a lot of skaters
in our family.
Coaching
Kathie:
Who is your coach?
Britta:
My current coach is my uncle François Pierloot,
the father of my cousins Kenny and Jimmy.
Kathie:
Have you ever trained with anyone else?
Britta:
Well, François has been my personal coach for all
of these years but I also
work with the coach of our club and of course
this year with Desly Hill,
the coach of Team Bont International.
Kathie:
If you could train for a week with any coach in
the world, who would you select?
Britta:
Well, I'd like to train with the coach of the National
Team of Italy, so he can teach me all of his tricks ;-)
Training
Kathie:
Do you train with a local club or team in
your area?
Britta:
I'm a member of the Zwaantjes Roller Club in Zandvoorde
Belgium,
organizer of the 2002 World Outdoor Speed Skating
Championships.
Kathie:
Do you do most your training indoors or outdoors?
Britta:
The indoor skating in our town is not very good,
because we train
in a small sports center with a very slippery floor.
Kathie:
Where do you do most of your training?
Britta:
On the track of Oostende, or just on the road along the canal.
Kathie:
How often do you train?
Britta:
I don't skate every day, but
I am busy every day participating in some kind of sports.
Kathie:
Do you follow any special diet?
Britta:
Not a special diet, but I do care about what I eat.
I try not to eat too much sugar, I eat a lot of spaghetti,
etc.
Kathie:
Do you train on skates 12 months a year?
Britta:
No, I think that is impossible if you live in Belgium,
because in winter it rains a lot here, and it's very cold.
During the colder months we have to do other
sports as a replacement for skating.
I cycle a lot, and also do running, swimming for
fitness.
Part 2
-->
See Also
Inline Speed Skaters
Ice Speed Skaters
Speed Skating - Main Menu
PARTNER TRAVEL WEB SITES:
|
Africa
|
Asia
|
Europe
|
Oceania
|
Panmerica
|
Skating Forums
The SkateLogForum was closed in March of 2020 but
archived copies of all of the posts between August of 2006
and March of 2021 are still available for viewing.
New discussions can
be posted in Jessica Wright's
SkateDebateForum.
Jessica was selected to host the follow-on to the
SkateLog Forum because of her excellent job, for many years,
as the co-administrator of the SkateLog Forum.
-
SkateLog Forum Archives
-
Skate Debate Forum
|
|
