Bruno De Wannemaeker


Bruno De Wannemaeker is a Belgian sports administrator.

Life and career

In 1981 he graduated as Master in physical education and in 1983 as Master of rehabilitation science and physiotherapy at the Sports Institute of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. During his university studies he was active as an alpine skier, handball player and windsurfer. He also played a prominent role in the student sports organisation Apolloon as praeses finances, praeses skistage and praeses kiné.
After mandatory military service in the Belgian army at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, where he worked as chief physiotherapist, he worked for the Landelijke Windsurfing Federatie, Sun Touroperators Belgium, exportmanager for Biscuits Dupon en Belgian chocolates Van Coillie, Balta Industries and Event Masters.
Since 2002, he has worked for the Flemish Government Bloso as a sports- and event-manager at the Flanders Sports Arena, Topsporthal Vlaanderen in Ghent.

Sailing, windsurfing and kiteboard

In 2012 he was associated with the ISAF Council's decision in May 2012 to replace the RS:X class with Kiteboard racing. The decision created a grass roots campaign to reinstate the RS:X Class and was overturned by the ISAF General Assembly, which as an Olympic Discipline in Dublin on 10 November of the same year. The somewhat unfortunate legacy of the short-lived decision has not entirely dissipated since.