Are you brave enough
to accompany this young wolf on his challenging path to Tokyo 2020?
GOAL
SUB-PROJECTS 2015 - 2017
Hence the #RoadToTokyo has been divided into several sub-projects, which are itemized
below year by year.
PROJECT TOKYO 2020
The main objective is to get selected for the ‘Olympic Team Belgium’. Because the age of peak performance of a distance runner is estimated at around
27, Joppe is focusing on the Games of the XXXII and
XXXIII Olympiad, respectively in 2020 and 2024.
Hence his next main goal is to run in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The road to the Olympic Games
is long and full of twists and turns and obstacles.
In order to stand a real chance of walking this path
successfully, a long-term vision was developed.
Project Track&Field: Eskilstuna 2015
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Trainingcamp South Africa 22 March - 22 April
Standard EJCH 3’46.00
Trainingcamp Font Romeu 22 June -14 July
Participation European Junior (U20) Championships, Eskilstuna (SWE) 16-19 July
Selection European Cross Country Championships U20 December
Project 3’40 barrier 2016
1. Time goal
Project Eur. CH. 2017
1. European U23 Championships, 2017
2. European Cross Country Championships U23, 2017
3’40.00
PALMARES
Flanders Champion
3000m (U18)
Belgian Champion
1500m (U18)
Final Belgian Championships
1500m (senior race)
5th ISF World Championships
Cross Country
Silver Flemish indoor Championships
3000m (senior race)
Joppe was born on August 19th, 1996 in
an athletic family. With a father who is a
high jumper and a mother who is an avid
sportswoman, sports were an important
part of his life from a very early age. As
a young cub he tried out different sports.
Until he was 15, he combined several
athletics disciplines with gymnastics,
swimming and cycling at recreational
level.
This lifestyle choice was soon rewarded
with Silver (2012) and Gold (2013) at the
Belgian Championships 1500m for Youth
(= U18), title of Flanders champion in the
3000m for Youth (2013), a Youth best year
performance - 3’57.32 - and qualification
for the final of the 1500m at the Belgian
Championships All Categories (2013).
International
As a first year junior,
Joppe went looking
for his first interna“Healthy rivalry at major
tional challenges,
national and international competitions
with satisfying renot only lifts my performance to
sult. He came in 7th
a higher level, but also creates the
place at the finish
opportunity for close contacts and
line at the Elgoibar
precious friendships outside
Cross Country in
the competition.”
Spain, came in 5th
place at the BelAs a first step on the
gian Championships
long road there, Joppe joined the FlemCross for juniors (= U20) and at the ISF
ish Athletics League as a final year cadet,
World Cross Country Championships in
where he achieved his first successes as
Israel, he reached the finish as the first
a middle distance runner.
European in 5th place.
This not only provided a broad basis but
also allowed him to
discover where his
true passion lay and
what he wanted to
achieve later. To be
part of the international world class
athletics.
Top Sports School
His progress did not go unnoticed and
at the invitation of the Flemish Athletics
League, he decided in 2012 to enrol in
the ‘Top Sports School Athletics Middle
Distance and Distance ‘ for the last two
years of his secondary education. A recognition for his rapid progress.
During this time, he became acquainted
with the various aspects of life as a top
athlete: strength training, stabilization,
recovery, nutrition, internships, international experience, dealing with injuries,
stress ....
The best possible preparation for the
next step towards the realization of his
dream.
Future
Full of courage and with incredible motivation, Joppe is now making the transition from Youth to the Junior and under 23 categories. At the KU Leuven
(University of Leuven) he will further
develop his fledgling international athletics career, alongside his university
education to be a computer scientist.
This is the start of Joppe’s professional
career.
EXTENDED PALMARES
Cadets U16 (joining FAL:
summer ’11, 2nd year cadet)
• Belgian 1500m Champion ’13
• Belgian Ch. 1500m (senior race) ‘13:
finalist (PB)
• Ch. of Flanders 1500m: Bronze
• Belgian Championships 1500m: 4th place
• Best year performance 2013,
1500m
Junior U20 (1st year, ’14)
Youth U18
(1st year, ’12 and 2nd year, ‘13)
• International cross Elgoibar: 7th
• Belgian Cross Country Ch. ’12: Bronze
• Belgian Ch. 1500m ’12: Silver
• Provincial Ch. 800m ’13: Silver
• Champion of Flanders 3000m ’13
• Belgian Cross Country Ch.: 5th
• ISF World Cross Country Ch., Israël: 5th
Junior U20 (2nd year, ’15)
• Ch. of Flanders 3000m indoor: Silver
• Belgian Univ. Ch. 3000m indoor: Silver
PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT
Cross Country400m 800m1000m1500m
3000m
Cadet 2nd y. ‘11
4’22.30
Youth 1st y. ‘12 Pr. Ch.: 5e
Belgian Ch.: 3e
54.41
2’02.93
2’34.15
4’05.25
Youth 2nd y. ‘13Belgian Ch.: 5e 2’01.91
2’34.70
3’57.32
8’45.52
Junior 1st y. ‘14Belgian Ch.: 5e
ISF Worlds: 5e
Junior 2nd y. ‘15
8’40.44
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PERFORMANCE
DEVELOPMENT
COMPARED TO OTHER
ATHLETES
*
No 2014 outdoor season due to
injury. Simulation based on training
results in preparation.
*
“Professionalism means striving for perfection,
combined with alternating tension and
relaxation in a balanced way.
Together they are the key to success.”
OPERATION
The daily routine consists of combining training with study as optimally as
possible. A balanced diet is the basis for the best
possible performance in both of these areas.
maintain a fairly constant blood glucose level.
This results is an evenly distributed energy supply throughout the day, without extreme imbalances.
4.Yin/Yang:
NUTRITION
1.Input/output:
Eating as much as is being consumed, provides
a continuously sufficient energy level.
It is the only way to maintain an ideal weight and
thus to be able to perform multiple workouts a
day with satisfactory results.
2.Combinations:
Combining or not combining certain macronutrients can promote the process of digestion.
This ensures that the energy supply is not compromised, resulting in an energy surplus allowing one to start the training as fit as a fiddle.
3.GI:
The Glycemic Index (GI) measures the impact of
certain foods on the blood sugar. By consuming
only low GI foods during the day, one’s body can
Being a top athlete, Joppe is trying to keep himself balanced as well as possible, both mentally and physically. Therefore he adjusts his diet
depending on the time of year. To minimize the
influence of external factors (climate, training
load ...), his winter meal plan differs from his
summer meal plan. The difference between
heavy training weeks and weeks of rest determines the menu and also on competition days
he sticks to an appropriate meal plan.
TRAINING
• Running, scientifically based on lactate testing
• Basic strength training and strength training,
deep muscles and large muscle groups
• Core stability, promotes good posture
• Injury Prevention Training under the guidance
of the physiotherapist
• Mental training under the guidance of the
sports psychologist
• Recovery training: cryo sauna, infrared …
• Alternatively, in case of injuries (aqua jogging,
swimming, cycling, cross trainer ...)
ACADEMIC STUDIES
With his top sports statute A at KU Leuven, Joppe gets
the opportunity to optimally participate in world class
athletics. It gives him the opportunity to spread out his
studies and to postpone exams when they interfere
with important competition or training periods.
The choice to combine academic studies with top
sports at the highest level, offers him the opportunity
of significant development, both physically and intellectually, and the opportunity to create a good balance
between mental and physical effort.
THE PACK
Bram te Rijdt
Physiotherapist
Danny Leysen
Coach
No
performance
without
good
company.
Joppe is surrounded by a team of specialists that
is, in terms of training, nutrition, injury prevention and psychological support, among the top in
Belgium. The strength of the team lies not only
in the individual expertises but also in the efficient way of communicating. This allows us to
respond quickly to potential problems which
are always handled from a global perspective.
Peter Lamberts
Nutrition coach
Kris Geluykens
Management
Jeroen Meganck
Psychologist
Rik Didden
U23 Coach FAL
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