Lisa Vaelen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bonheiden, Belgium[1] | 10 August 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Ghent, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2017 - present (BEL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | De Gympies Keerbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Topsportschool Gent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Ulla Koch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Marjorie Heuls, Yves Kieffer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lisa Vaelen (born 10 August 2004) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 European vault bronze medalist. She represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
At the 2016 Belgian Championships, Vaelen swept the gold medals on every event and in the all-around in the Junior A-12 Division.[4] She then made her international debut at the 2016 Gymnova Cup and won the gold medal in the all-around in the Espoir division.[5]
At the 2017 WOGA Classic, Vaelen finished sixth in the all-around and placed eighth with the Belgian team.[6] She then competed at the Belgian Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around.[7] Then at the 2017 Gymnova Cup, she won the silver medal in the all-around and on vault and balance beam, and she won the bronze medal on the floor exercise.[8] Her final meet of the 2017 season was the Top Gym Tournament where she placed eighth in the all-around and on vault, and she finished fifteenth on the uneven bars.[9]
Vaelen returned to the WOGA Classic, this time placing twelfth in the all-around.[10] She then competed at the International GymSport and won the gold medal in the all-around.[11] Then at the Belgian Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Fien Enghels and Margaux Daveloose.[12] She competed as a guest at the Dutch Championships and won the gold medal in the all-around.[13] She then competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where the Belgian team finished second behind the Netherlands, and Vaelen placed fifth in the all-around.[14] In August, she withdrew from the Junior European Championships due to a leg injury.[1] She returned to competition in November at the Gymnova Cup and won the gold medal in the all-around.[15] Her final meet of the season was the Top Gym Tournament where she won the gold medal in the all-around.[16]
Vaelen once again began her season at the WOGA Classic, and she finished sixth in the all-around.[17] Her next competition was the City of Jesolo Trophy where the Belgian team won the bronze medal behind Russia and the United States, and she finished nineteenth in the all-around.[18] She then won the gold medal in the all-around at the International GymSport.[19] At the Belgian Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around.[20] She then competed at the FIT Challenge and helped Belgium win the team gold medal.[21]
Vaelen competed at the inaugural 2019 Junior World Championships alongside Stacy Bertrandt and Noémie Louon, and they finished fifth in the team competition.[22]
Vaelen made her senior debut at the 2020 L'International Gymnix in Montreal where she helped the Belgian team win the silver medal behind the United States.[23] However, this was her only competition of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the 2021 Osijek Challenge Cup, Vaelen won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Nina Derwael and Zsofia Kovacs.[24] She then competed at the FIT Challenge and helped Belgium win the team silver medal behind France.[25] She was selected to represent Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Nina Derwael, Maellyse Brassart, and Jutta Verkest.[3] She competed on the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise in the team final where the team finished eighth.[26]
In August, Vaelen competed at the European Championships in Munich, where she contributed to Belgium's fifth place finish in the team final. Individually, she placed fifth in the all-around, and finished fourth in the vault final behind Zsófia Kovács, Asia D'Amato and Aline Friess with a total score of 13.583.[27]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Junior | |||||||
2016 | Belgian Championships | ||||||
Gymnova Cup | |||||||
2017 | WOGA Classic | 8 | 6 | ||||
Belgian Championships | |||||||
Gymnova Cup | |||||||
Top Gym | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |||
2018 | WOGA Classic | 12 | |||||
International GymSport | |||||||
Belgian Championships | |||||||
Dutch Championships | |||||||
Heerenveen Friendly | 5 | ||||||
Gymnova Cup | 4 | ||||||
Top Gym | |||||||
2019 | WOGA Classic | 5 | |||||
City of Jesolo Trophy | 19 | ||||||
International GymSport | |||||||
Belgian Championships | |||||||
FIT Challenge | 7 | ||||||
Junior World Championships | 5 | ||||||
Senior | |||||||
2020 | L'International Gymnix | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
2021 | Osijek World Cup | 7 | |||||
FIT Challenge | 12 | ||||||
Olympic Games | 8 | ||||||
2022 | |||||||
European Championships | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Paris Challenge Cup | 4 | ||||||
World Championships | 11 | 6 | |||||
2023 | |||||||
European Championships | 7 | 4 | 7 |