Dirk Heylen (born 23 August 1967) is a Belgian curler and curling coach. Heylen is secretary of the Belgian Curling Association (BCA) and is affiliated with Curling Club Zemst.
In mixed doubles he formed a team with Veerle Geerinckx. The duo participated in the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger.DIERICKX Robby, Vlaamse burgemeester heeft ticket beet voor WK curling, Het Laatste Nieuws, 9 January 2019DIERICKX Robby, Zemstse burgemeester ruilt sjerp even voor borstel en steen op WK curling: “Ons meten met wereldtop”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 18 April 2019 Later that year, Heylen also participated in the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship (for teams) in Aberdeen together with Veerle Geerinckx, Danielle Berus and Stephane Vandermeeren.Curling Club Zemst verdedigt nationale driekleur op WK in Schotland, Het Nieuwsblad, 10 October 2019 In addition, he has been a member of the Belgian curling team, the Red Rocks, since 2005. As an alternate, he finished fifth with the national team in the 2023 European Curling Championships (B division) in Perth, Scotland.
He is left-handed and has been curling since 2003.
Teams
Men's Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 2005–06 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Samie Witzig Thomas Suter Dirk Heylen Rolf Siegrist (15th) 2006–07 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Thomas Suter Samie Witzig Dirk Heylen (15th) 2007–08 Pieter-Jan Witzig Marc Suter Thomas Suter Samie Witzig Dirk Heylen Willi Bless (23rd) 2008–09 Thomas Suter Marc Suter Walter Verbueken Dirk Heylen Peter Suter Peter Suter (17th) 2013–14 Timothy Verreycken Walter Verbueken Nils Beosier Dirk Heylen Gregory Janbroers Elly Lipkens (26th) 2014–15 Timothy Verreycken Dirk Heylen Walter Verbueken Gregory Janbroers Tom van Waterschoot (18th) 2018–19 Stefan van Dijck Christophe Stessens Bart Palmans Tom van Loock Dirk Heylen Dirk Heylen (29th) John Robillard Peter Suter Gery Hermans Wayne Fitzpatrick Dirk Heylen Helga Robillard (18th)
Mixed Season Skip Third Second Lead Events 2019–20 Dirk Heylen (fourth) Danielle Berus Stephane Vandermeeren Veerle Geerinckx (skip) (40th)
Mixed doubles Season Male Female Events 2018–19 Dirk Heylen Veerle Geerinckx (40th) 2019–20 Dirk Heylen Veerle Geerinckx WMDQ 2019 (14th) 2025–26 Dirk Heylen Veerle Geerinckx WMDQ 2026 (TBD)
Record as a coach of national teams Year Tournament, event National team Place 2008 2008 European Junior Curling Challenge (junior men) 2009 2009 European Junior Curling Challenge (junior men) 2011 2011 European Curling Championships (group C) (women) 2015 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship (mixed team) 2018 2018 European Curling Championships (group C) (men)
References
External links
Dirk Heylen - Players Passport - Belgian Curling Association