Keywords: Tom Compernolle Memorandum1975-2008.jpg en Tom Compernolle Brugge 13 November 1975 - Aartrijke 16 June 2008 was a Belgian soldier and a distance and field athletic cursor He often went to San Moritz in the SouthEast of Switzerland for his Summer stage in the Alps Compernolle have several victories on his name He won the Crosscup in 2000 and was in 2001 2002 and 2004 Belgian champion on 5 000 m In 2004 he was Belgian champion cross-country running At the European championships on 5 000 m he could place itself in the final In 2002 he gained a thirteenth place in 2006 a tenth Also he participated to the 5000 m on the SummerOlympics of 2004 in Athens but came back without medal Tom was born in Bruges and grow up in Beernem he liked it a lot to cross in the Flamish Fields and in the Woods from the Bulskampveld in Beernem or the Piste of Thielt He was in the Saint-Leocollege in Bruges and later he went for Cook-Pastry Baker Tom Compernolle has been since October 2007 in the Belgian army On 16 June 2008 in the evening he got a deadly road accident then he was in the West Flemish Aartrijke with three other soldiers with an Unimog Army Truck on an exercise The other soldiers became only slightly wounded Only some days before on June 14th he had come in action during the game for the golden Spike in the Dutch city Leiden where he on 3 000 m a third gained place It was its last action as an athlete Tom was a very loyal friendly and nice young man He left parents fiancée and his 7years old sun Mats R I P His dead let a lot of deep sadness and desolation in Belgium and in the athletic world www tomcompernolle be I I 2008-06-17 - www tomcompernolle be Tom Compernolle Compernolle Tom |