Gabriel De Coster

Gabriel De Coster (born 25 October 2000)[2] is a Belgian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2017.[3]

Gabriel De Coster
Gabriel De Coster performing at 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg, Germany
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000
Uccle, Belgium
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)K1
ClubKoninklijke Cano Club Mechelen[1]
Coached byRoberto di Angelo
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Belgium
U23 European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 KrakówK1

Career

In October 2020 he was a surprise bronze medalist in the K1 event at the U23 European Championships.[4]

On 6 May 2021, De Coster progressed to the semifinal of the 2021 European Championships, qualifying to represent Belgium in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5][6] He finished 22nd after being eliminated in the heats.

De Coster delivered a breakthrough performance at the Pau round of the 2022 Canoe Slalom World Cup, winning the K1 event in a time of 97.94 seconds.[7] This was Gabriel's first final at the senior level and marked Belgium's first World Cup victory.[8][9]

Results

World Cup individual podiums
Season Date Venue Position Event
202227 August 2022Pau1stK1

Complete World Cup results
Year WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position
2019 Lee Valley United Kingdom
 		 Bratislava Slovakia
 		 Tacen Slovenia
 		 MarkkleebergGermany
36		 Prague Czech Republic
47		 13 70th
2021 Prague Czech Republic
59		 MarkkleebergGermany
54		 La Seu Spain
 		 Pau France
 		 4 87th
2022 Prague Czech Republic
28		 Kraków Poland
 		 Tacen Slovenia
 		 Pau France
1		 La Seu Spain
 		 77

Complete Championship Results
Year Level Venue Event Result
2017 Junior EuropeanGermany HohenlimburgK118th
Junior WorldSlovakia BratislavaK165th
2018 Junior EuropeanSlovakia BratislavaK1 team8th
K127th
Junior WorldItaly IvreaK1 team15th
K114th
EuropeanCzech Republic PragueK141st
2019 U23 EuropeanSlovakia Liptovský MikulášK1 team9th
K136th
U23 WorldPoland KrakówK132nd
Extreme18th
EuropeanFrance PauK1 team15th
K140th
WorldSpain La SeuK1 team25th
K149th
2020 U23 EuropeanPoland KrakówK13rd
EuropeanCzech Republic PragueK119th
2021 U23 EuropeanSlovenia SolkanK1 team11th
K127th
EuropeanItaly IvreaK1 team16th
K130th
OlympicJapan TokyoK122nd
WorldSlovakia BratislavaK129th
2022 U23 EuropeanCzech Republic České BudějoviceK1 team6th
K110th
Extreme12th
U23 WorldItaly IvreaK1 team4th
K113th
Extreme25th
EuropeanSlovakia Liptovský MikulášK131st
Extreme41st
WorldGermany AugsburgK1 team17th
K1100th
Extreme23rd

References
  1. "Gabriel De Coster". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. "de COSTER Gabriel". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. "Gabriel DE COSTER (BEL)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. "European Canoe Association". www.canoe-europe.org.
  5. "Canoë-Kayak: De Coster in demi-finals de l'Euro!". May 6, 2021.
  6. "Gabriel DE COSTER". ICF - Planet Canoe. September 21, 2019.
  7. "Gabriel De Coster takes gold in his first World Cup final: "The icing on the cake"". trenddetail. August 28, 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. "Exploit de Gabriel De Coster en Coupe du monde de kayak! [Achievement by Gabriel De Coster in the Kayaking World Cup!]". DHnet.be (in French). August 27, 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. "De Coster announces himself on world stage". ICF - Planet Canoe. August 28, 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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