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Belgium are among others football, cycling,
tennis, table-tennis, athletics, swimming,
basketball, badminton, judo, hockey, motor-
cross, auto-racing, volleyball and running.
Belgium has organized the 1920 Olympic
Games in Antwerp as well as the 1972 UEFA
European Championship and the 2000 UEFA
European Championship along with the
Netherlands. The Belgium national football
team's best result was a 3rd place at the 2018
FIFA World Cup and a second place of the 1980
UEFA European Championship. Belgian football
clubs have won 3 times the UEFA Cup Winners
Cup and twice the UEFA Cup, plus 3 times
the UEFA Super cup.
Belgium has won 40 gold medals at Summer
Olympic Games as well as 1 medal at Winter
Olympic Games for figure skating at the 1948
Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Among the 40 gold
medals at the Summer Olympics, 11 medals were
won in archery, 7 in cycling, 4 in equestrian, 3 in
athletics and fencing and 2 in sailing and judo.
Well-known Belgian Olympic champions
are Hubert Van Innis and Edmond
Cloetens (archery), Gaston Roelants and Tia
Hellebaut (athletics), Patrick Sercu and Roger
Ilegems (track cycling), Robert Van de
Walle and Ulla Werbrouck (judo), Frédérik
Deburghgraeve (swimming) and Justine
Henin (tennis).
Other well-known Belgian sport champions
are Roger Moens, Ivo Van Damme and Kim
Gevaert (athletics), Bart Veldkamp(speed
skating), Ingrid Lempereur (swimming), Gella
Vandecaveye, Heidi Rakels and Harry Van
Barneveld (judo), Eddy Merckx, Rik Van
Looy, Roger De Vlaeminck, Lucien Van
Impe, Johan Bruyneel, Johan Museeuw, Axel

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