Bart Swings
Bart Swings is a Belgian long track speed skater and multiple European and world champion inline speed skater. He is the world record holder on 10,000 m inline speed skating with 14:41.425.Career
In his first world championship speed skating, the 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany, he finished 17th in the 5000 m.
At the 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, he finished 9th overall, with a personal record at the 500 m and a national record at the 1500 m.
At the 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, he finished 3rd overall and took the Bronze medal back home to Belgium.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won a silver medal in the 1st ever Mass start at the Winter Olympics.
At the 2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, he was on his way to win gold in the men's mass start but crashed on the final lap, costing him the podium.
At The World Games, he has won seven medals, of which four are gold. He won two gold, one silver and one bronze at The World Games 2013 in Cali, Colombia and two gold and one silver at The World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.
Swings is currently studying for an engineer's degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
His brother Maarten Swings and Ferre Spruyt also make the combination of inline speed skating and speed skating, both participating in the inlineskating world championships and qualifying for the ISU Speed Skating World Cup.Personal records
As of 23 November 2015, his highest ranking on the all-time Adelskalender is 11th.
