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Daniel Van de Wiele

b. 1956

Belgian boxing referee

Boxing referee
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About Daniel Van de Wiele

Born 1956. Daniel Van de Wiele is a Belgian boxing referee.

Daniel Van de Wiele (born November 10, 1956, in Leuven, Belgium), is a boxing referee, most notable for his refereeing of the WBC heavyweight title fight between Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman on April 21, 2001. He has also refereed the 2009 the WBC heavyweight title fight between Vitaly Klitschko and Juan Carlos Gómez, which ended in the ninth round with Gómez unable to continue.

Work as referee

Van de Wiele started his work as a boxing referee on December 13, 1980. Since then, Daniel Van de Wiele has refereed over 900 title fights. His most notable fights refereeing include the 2001 WBC Heavyweight title and the 2009 WBC Heavyweight title.

Personal Daniel Van de Wiele is married to Olena Pobyvailo. They have a daughter, Sophie, and Daniel has 2 children from a first marriage, Koen and Dorien.

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Important facts

Born
10 November 1956
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Boxing referee
Nationality
Belgium

People in Daniel Van de Wiele's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Personal
Personal
b. 1963
Computer scientist
 Portrait of Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis
b. 1965
Boxer
 Portrait of Hasim Rahman
Hasim Rahman
b. 1972
Boxer
 Portrait of Carlos Gómez
Carlos Gómez
b. 1992
Association football player
 Portrait of Juan
Juan
b. 1979
Association football player
 Portrait of Sophie
Sophie
1986 – 2021
Musician
 Portrait of Juan Carlos Gómez
Juan Carlos Gómez
b. 1973
Boxer
 Portrait of Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
b. 1965
Weightlifter

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Daniel Van de Wiele's

Portrait of Alexander Prokhorov
Alexander Prokhorov
1916 – 2002
Physicist
 Portrait of Aryeh Dvoretzky
Aryeh Dvoretzky
1916 – 2008
Mathematician
 Portrait of Chia-Chiao Lin
Chia-Chiao Lin
1916 – 2013
Poet
 Portrait of Philip Rosenthal
Philip Rosenthal
1916 – 2001
Entrepreneur
 Portrait of Andrew Huxley
Andrew Huxley
1917 – 2012
Neuroscientist
 Portrait of Atle Selberg
Atle Selberg
1917 – 2007
Mathematician

Frequently asked questions

Who is Daniel Van de Wiele?

Belgian boxing referee

When was Daniel Van de Wiele born?

Daniel Van de Wiele was born on 10 November 1956.

What is Daniel Van de Wiele's occupation?

Daniel Van de Wiele is a boxing referee.

What nationality is Daniel Van de Wiele?

Daniel Van de Wiele is Belgian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Daniel Van de Wiele

· Wikidata: Q5218968

· DBpedia: Daniel Van de Wiele

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