Laurens Pannecoucke

Laurens Pannecoucke /ˈpɑːnəˌkuːkə/ (born 19 July 1988 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian sprint canoeist.^[1][2] Pannecoucke is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Bloso Hazewinkel Sports Club in Willebroek, and is coached and trained by Carlos Prendes.^[1]

Laurens Pannecoucke

Personal information
Nationality	Belgium
Born	(1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 (age 37) Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Event	Sprint canoe
Club	Bloso Hazewinkel[1]
Coached by	Carlos Prendes[1]

Pannecoucke qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by finishing fourth from the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[3] Pannecoucke and his partner Olivier Cauwenbergh paddled to a second-place finish and tenth overall in the B-final by forty-seven hundredths of a second (0.47) behind the winning Danish pair Kim Wraae Knudsen and Emil Stær Simensen, posting their best Olympic time of 3:13.298.^[4] Three days later, the Belgian pair edged out Romania's Ionuț Mitrea and Bogdan Mada for fourth place by ten seconds, in the B-final of the men's K-2 200 metres, clocking at 36.336 seconds.^[5] The pair also competed in the K-2 200 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]