Editing Flanders (section)

=== Sports ===
{{Further|Sport in Belgium}}
[[File:Kim Clijsters 2006.jpg|thumb|Kim Clijsters was [[WTA Awards|WTA Player of the Year]] in 2005 and 2010]]

Association football (soccer) is one of the most popular sports in both parts of Belgium, together with cycling, tennis, swimming and judo.<ref>{{cite book|title=Belgium|author=George Wingfield|publisher=Infobase Publishing|editor=Charles F. Gritzner|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7910-9670-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/belgium00wing/page/94 94–95]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/belgium00wing/page/94}}</ref>

In cycling, the [[Tour of Flanders]] is considered one of the five "[[Classic cycle races|Monuments]]". Other "[[Flanders Classics]]" races include ''[[Dwars door Vlaanderen]]'' and [[Gent–Wevelgem]]. [[Eddy Merckx]] is widely regarded as the greatest cyclist of all time, with five victories in the [[Tour de France]] and numerous other cycling records.<ref>{{cite news|title=Great, but there are greater|author=Majendie, Matt|work=BBC Sport|date=18 April 2005|quote=[the Author's] top five [cyclists] of all time: 1 Eddy Merckx, 2 [[Bernard Hinault]], 3 [[Lance Armstrong]], 4 [[Miguel Indurain]], 5 [[Jacques Anquetil]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3925265.stm|access-date=20 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824143546/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3925265.stm|archive-date=24 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> His hour speed record (set in 1972) stood for 12 years.

[[Jean-Marie Pfaff]], a former Belgian goalkeeper, is considered one of the greatest in the history of football (soccer).<ref>"[http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keeper/goalkeeping_greats.htm Goalkeeping Greats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630215858/http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keeper/goalkeeping_greats.htm |date=30 June 2008 }}" Goalkeepersaredifferent.com. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|29 June}} 2008</ref>

[[Kim Clijsters]] (as well as the French-speaking Belgian [[Justine Henin]]) was [[WTA Awards|Player of the Year]] twice in the [[Women's Tennis Association]] as she was ranked the number one female tennis player.

[[Kim Gevaert]] and [[Tia Hellebaut]] are notable track and field stars from Flanders.

The [[1920 Summer Olympics]] were held in Antwerp. [[Jacques Rogge]] was president of the [[International Olympic Committee]] from 2001 to 2013.

The Flemish government agency for sports is [[Bloso]].