Dirk Heylen (born 23 August 1967) is a Belgian curler and curling coach.[3]

Dirk Heylen
 
Born (1967-08-23) 23 August 1967 (age 57)
Team
Curling clubCC Mechelen,
CC Zemst[1][2]
Mixed doubles
partner
Veerle Geerinckx
Curling career
Member Association Belgium
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
1 (2019)
World Mixed Championship
appearances
2 (2019, 2024)
European Championship
appearances
7 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 1 (2019)

He is left-handed and has been curling since 2003.

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2005–06 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Samie Witzig Thomas Suter Dirk Heylen Rolf Siegrist ECC 2005 (15th)
2006–07 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Thomas Suter Samie Witzig Dirk Heylen ECC 2006 (15th)
2007–08 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Thomas Suter Samie Witzig Dirk Heylen Willi Bless ECC 2007 (23rd)
2008–09 Thomas Suter Marc Suter Walter Verbueken Dirk Heylen Peter Suter Peter Suter ECC 2008 (17th)
2013–14 Timothy Verreycken Walter Verbueken Nils Beosier Dirk Heylen Gregory Janbroers Elly Lipkens ECC 2013 (26th)
2014–15 Timothy Verreycken Dirk Heylen Walter Verbueken Gregory Janbroers Tom van Waterschoot ECC 2014 (18th)
2018–19 Stefan van Dijck Christophe Stessens Bart Palmans Tom van Loock Dirk Heylen Dirk Heylen ECC 2018 (29th)
John Robillard Peter Suter Gery Hermans Wayne Fitzpatrick Dirk Heylen Helga Robillard WSCC 2019 (18th)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2019–20 Dirk Heylen (fourth) Danielle Berus Stephane Vandermeeren Veerle Geerinckx (skip) WMxCC 2019 (40th)

Mixed doubles

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Season Male Female Events
2018–19 Dirk Heylen Veerle Geerinckx WMDCC 2019 (40th)
2019–20 Dirk Heylen Veerle Geerinckx WMDQ 2019 (14th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2008 2008 European Junior Curling Challenge   Belgium (junior men)
9
2009 2009 European Junior Curling Challenge   Belgium (junior men)
12
2011 2011 European Curling Championships (group C)   Belgium (women)
26 (total)
2015 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship   Belgium (mixed team)
28
2018 2018 European Curling Championships (group C)   Belgium (men)
29 (total)

References

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  • Dirk Heylen at World Curling 
  • Dirk Heylen on Facebook  
  • Dirk Heylen - Players Passport - Belgian Curling Association
  • Robby Dierickx (January 9, 2019). "Vlaamse burgemeester heeft ticket beet voor WK curling | Zemst" (in Dutch). hln.be.
  • "Terug van weggeweest: Benelux Curling Championship in enige curlinghal van het land | Zemst" (in Dutch). hln.be. September 29, 2019.