Sportspeople from Bruges

Ann_Haesebrouck

Ann Haesebrouck (born 18 October 1963 in Bruges, Belgium) is a rower from Belgium.
She competed for Belgium in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the single sculls event where she finished in third place. she returned to the 1988 Summer Olympics where she finished sixth as part of the Belgian Quadruple sculls team and again in 1992 Summer Olympics where she finished ninth as part of the Belgian double sculls team.

Michel_D'Hooghe

Michel, Baron D'Hooghe (born 8 December 1945 in Bruges) is a Belgian former member of the FIFA Council and the former Chairman of the FIFA medical committee. D'Hooghe, a medical doctor, was President of the Royal Belgian Football Association (1987-2001) and President of Club Brugge KV (2003-2009). In 2001, he was ennobled as a baron.In August 2011 he admitted that Vyacheslav Koloskov, an adviser for Russia's successful bid for the 2018 World Cup, visited him in his hometown of Bruges and gave him a valuable painting while lobbying for his vote. He has since described the painting as a "poisonous gift" and has notified FIFA officially about it, since its acceptance is in contravention to the FIFA rules that govern lobbying. He stated that he was "never influenced" after his son received a job at a hospital in Doha, Qatar, 8 weeks after Qatar won the bid for the 2022 World Cup.

Edgar_Everaert

Edgar Everaert was a Belgian immigrant to Mexico who founded one of Liga MX's most popular and successful football teams, Club Deportivo Guadalajara.Born in Bruges, Belgium, Everaert immigrated to Mexico in 1904, eventually settling in Guadalajara. There he founded, along with other individuals, the football team Club Unión de Futbol. The team adopted the name Club Deportivo Guadalajara in 1908.