Bart Swings is a Belgian long track speed skater and multiple European and world champion inline speed skater. He is the world record holder on 10000m inline speed skating with 14:41,425. In his first world championship speed skating, the 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany, he finished 17th in the 5000 m. At the 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, he finished 9th overall, with a personal record at the 500m and a national record at the 1500m. At the 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, he finished 3rd overall and took the Bronze medal back home to Belgium. Swings is currently studying for an engineer's degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His brother Maarten Swings and Ferre Spruyt also make the combination of inline speed skating and speed skating, both participating in the inlineskating world championships and qualifying for the ISU Speed Skating World Cup. 

February 12th, 1991 in Herent (Age 33)