Ward Pétré

Belgium

Sport	Short Track
FederationID	STBEL13001199701
NOC	Belgium
Born	30 Jan 1997 in Sint-Truiden
Gender	Men

Residence	Herk-de-Stad, BEL
Occupation	Athlete
Languages	Dutch, English, French
Higher education	Physical Education, Teaching - PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts: Hasselt, BEL

Personal Bests	Event	Record	Date	Location
Personal Bests
	Event	Record	Date	Location
	500m	41.073	09 Feb 2020	Dresden
	1000m	1:23.827	14 Jan 2018	Dresden
	1500m	2:17.002	07 Dec 2018	Almaty
	3000m	5:08.872	11 Mar 2018

Social Media

www.facebook.com/WardPetreShorttrackTeamBelgium
twitter.com/WardPetre

Sport Specific Information

Club / Team	IJsschaatsclub De Schaverdijn [YDS]: Hasselt, BEL
Reason for choosing this sport	His skating coach introduced him to short track. "I was intrigued by the speed and the sound of the skaters pushing the ice."
Name of coach	Pieter Gysel [national], BEL
When and where did you begin this sport?	He began skating as a toddler, and took up short track at age eight with IJsschaatsclub De Schaverdijn [YDS] in Hasselt, Belgium.

General Interest

Memorable sporting achievement	Qualifying for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, finishing ninth in both the 1000m and the 1500m at the 2018 European Championships in Dresden, Germany, and placing seventh in the 5000m relay at the 2017 World Cup event in Minsk, Belarus. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
Most influential person in career	His family. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
Hero / Idol	US short track skater John Celski, Hungarian short track skaters Sandor Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, Dutch short track skater Sjinkie Knegt. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018, 08 Nov 2017)
Injuries	In December 2020 he broke his fibula and dislocated his ankle as well as damaging ligaments, bone and cartilage in his left leg after crashing with Belgian national teammate Adriaan Dewagtere during a training session in Hasselt, Belgium. He underwent surgery and was expected to miss the rest of the 2020/21 season and the 2021 World Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Instagram profile, 10 Jan 2021; kbsf.be, 11 Dec 2020; niuewsblad.be, 11 Dec 2020; sporza.be, 19 Dec 2020; hbvl.be, 20 Dec 2020) He missed two months of the 2019/20 season due to a collarbone injury that required surgery. (nieuwsblad.be, 16 Feb 2020; schaatsen.nl, 15 Dec 2019; Instagram profile, 09 Nov 2019) In 2017 he tore a ligament in his right ankle. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Just because you took longer than others, it doesn't mean you failed." (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
Ambitions	To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (hbvl.be, 20 Dec 2020)

Championships results	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
Championships results
	2018/2019	European Championships	5000m Relay	6
	2015/2016	European Championships	5000m Relay	7
	2015/2016	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	7
	2016/2017	European Championships	5000m Relay	7
	2017/2018	European Championships	5000m Relay	8
	2017/2018	European Championships	1000m	9
	2017/2018	European Championships	1500m	9
	2014/2015	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	10
	2018/2019	European Championships	500m	12
	2018/2019	European Championships	1000m	15
	2018/2019	European Championships	Overall	16
	2017/2018	European Championships	Overall	18
	2017/2018	World Championships	1500m	19
	2017/2018	World Championships	Overall	24
	2018/2019	European Championships	1500m	25
	2014/2015	World Junior Championships	Overall	26
	2018/2019	World Championships	1500m	26
	2017/2018	World Championships	1000m	27
	2015/2016	World Junior Championships	Overall	28
	2018	Olympic Games	1500m	29
	2017/2018	World Championships	500m	35
	2018/2019	World Championships	500m	38
	2017/2018	European Championships	500m	41
	2018/2019	World Championships	Overall	44

World Cups	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
World Cups
	2019/2020	Dresden	5000m Relay	5
	2016/2017	Minsk	5000m Relay	7
	2016/2017	Dresden	5000m Relay	9
	2016/2017	Calgary, AB	5000m Relay	9
	2019/2020	Dresden	2000m Relay	10
	2014/2015	Dresden	5000m Relay	11
	2015/2016	Dresden	5000m Relay	13
	2016/2017	Salt Lake City, UT	5000m Relay	13
	2019/2020	Dresden	500m	18
	2019/2020	Dresden	1000m	24
	2018/2019	Dresden	1000m	27
	2018/2019	Salt Lake City, UT	1000m	27
	2018/2019	Dresden	500m	27
	2017/2018	Shanghai	1500m	27
	2016/2017	Calgary, AB	500m	28
	2016/2017	Calgary, AB	500m	28
	2018/2019	Almaty	1500m	29
	2014/2015	Erzurum	1000m	29
	2015/2016	Dresden	500m	29
	2016/2017	Salt Lake City, UT	1500m	31
	2018/2019	Almaty	500m	33
	2016/2017	Dresden	500m	34
	2014/2015	Erzurum	500m	34
	2016/2017	Minsk	1000m	34
	2015/2016	Dresden	1000m	36
	2018/2019	Calgary, AB	500m	36
	2016/2017	Dresden	1000m	37
	2016/2017	Salt Lake City, UT	1000m	38
	2014/2015	Dresden	1500m	39
	2018/2019	Salt Lake City, UT	1000m	41
	2014/2015	Dresden	1000m	41
	2016/2017	Minsk	1000m	43
	2017/2018	World Cup	1500m	47
	2019/2020	World Cup	500m	47
	2017/2018	World Cup	500m	56
	2017/2018	Shanghai	500m	61
	2018/2019	World Cup	500m	68
	2018/2019	World Cup	1500m	74
	2018/2019	World Cup	1000m	75
	2016/2017	World Cup	500m	82
	2015/2016	World Cup	500m	84
	2019/2020	World Cup	1000m	84
	2015/2016	World Cup	1000m	98
	2016/2017	World Cup	1000m	100
	2016/2017	World Cup	1500m	107
	2014/2015	World Cup	1000m	108
	2019/2020	World Cup	1500m	109
	2014/2015	World Cup	500m	115
	2014/2015	World Cup	1500m	119