Ewoud Vromant

Ewoud Vromant (born 15 July 1984) is a Belgian road and track cyclist who is active in para-cycling.

Ewoud Vromant
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Para-cycling
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial C2
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Baie-ComeauRoad time trial C2
Silver medal – second place2019 EmmenRoad time trial C2
Bronze medal – third place2021 CascaisRoad race C2
Bronze medal – third place2019 EmmenRoad race C2
Bronze medal – third place2022 Baie-ComeauRoad race C2
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowTime trial C2
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowRoad race C2

Biography

At the end of 2012, Vromant was diagnosed with cancer in his right leg. It was amputated in 2013.

In 2015, Vromant won the 100 and 200 meters at the Belgian Athletics Championships. In 2016, he won the relay at the Belgian Athletics Championship, took silver in the 50-meter freestyle and bronze in the 100-meter freestyle at the Belgian Swimming Championship and bronze in the road race at the Belgian Cycling Championship.

Since 2017, he has focused on cycling. In 2020, Vromant won the pursuit at the World Track Cycling Para-Cycling Championships in Milton, Ontario, Canada.[1] In 2021, he won bronze at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships[2] and finished fourth in the time trial at the World G Cycling Championships in Cascais, Portugal.[3] In July 2022, Vromant set a new UCI hour record for C2 paracyling, with a distance of 46.521 kilometers.[4]

References
  1. "Paralympiër Vromant kroont zich tot wereldkampioen achtervolging". Sporza. 31 January 2020.
  2. {[cite web|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2021/06/12/brons-voor-ewoud-vromant-in-de-wegrit-op-het-wk-paracycling~1623528665007/%7CBrons voor Ewoud Vromant in de wegrit op het WK-paracycling]; Sporza; 12 juni 2021
  3. "Ewoud Vromant vierde in de tijdrit op het WK G-wielrennen". TV Oost. 10 June 2021.
  4. "Para-cycling: new UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot". www.uci.org. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
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