Women
BEL
Alexandra Danneel
BEL- Date of birth02 Mar 1995
- Height165 CM
- ProfessionAthlete, Volunteer
- HometownOstend
- Place of birthOstend
- Start skatingShe took up short track at age 16 in Bruges, Belgium.
- Club Boudewijn Schaatsclub [BSC]: Bruges, BEL
- HobbiesInline skating, baking. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- LanguagesDutch, English, French, German
- Other nameAlex (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- FamilyPartner Rino Vanhooren
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
Placing second in the mixed 2000m relay at the 2022 World Cup event in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
Belgian heptathlete Nafissatou Thiam, French short track skater Sebastien Lepape. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Belgian short track skater [and her partner] Rino Vanhooren. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
OCCUPATION
She works as a language coach at Vokans, a career guidance centre in Schaerbeek, Belgium. She has also done volunteer work for the Royal Belgian Speed Skating Federation [KBSF], writing and editing articles for the federation's website as well as maintaining its social media accounts. In addition, she worked as a volunteer translator for the Ostend Film Festival in Belgium. "As an English-Dutch translator I translate English-language films into Dutch, but I also translate English-language subtitles of, for example, a German film into Dutch." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023, 24 Nov 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2023)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has completed a master's degree in translation at the Catholic University of Leuven in Brussels, Belgium. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2023)
She works as a language coach at Vokans, a career guidance centre in Schaerbeek, Belgium. She has also done volunteer work for the Royal Belgian Speed Skating Federation [KBSF], writing and editing articles for the federation's website as well as maintaining its social media accounts. In addition, she worked as a volunteer translator for the Ostend Film Festival in Belgium. "As an English-Dutch translator I translate English-language films into Dutch, but I also translate English-language subtitles of, for example, a German film into Dutch." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023, 24 Nov 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2023)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has completed a master's degree in translation at the Catholic University of Leuven in Brussels, Belgium. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2023)
She has competed in roller speed skating for the Zwaantjes Roller Club Zandvoorde in Belgium. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; speedskating.fratelliteam.be, 07 May 2016)
She always ties her left skate before she laces up her right skate. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
"My younger brother David was introduced to short track by his friend from inline skating, Stijn Desmet, and wanted to try it as well. Me and my family just went along, since there weren't any inline sessions during the winter. I never intended to skate in competitions, but soon I loved it more than inline skating."
