Belgian Female Sportspersons

Belgian tennis legend Kim Clijsters is a former world number 1 in both singles and doubles. The 4-time Grand Slam winner retired thrice in her career, in 2007, in 2012, and eventually, for good, in 2020. She has also been associated with charitable initiatives and has founded Ten4Kim to help financially weak junior players.

Known as the Female Federer, Belgian tennis legend Justine Henin is a former world number 1 in singles. Apart from winning an Olympic gold medal, she also won Belgium its first Fed Cup title and won 7 Grand Slam titles. She was one of those rare female players who used a single-handed backhand.

Belgian tennis player Elise Mertens has been a world number 1 in doubles and number 12 in singles. A 3-time Grand Slam winner in doubles, she was also the 3rd Belgian female player to reach the last 4 of the Australian Open. She is an animal lover and is fond of learning languages, too.

Nina Derwael is a Belgian artistic gymnast who won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games, becoming the first Belgian female gymnast to win an Olympic medal. She has also won gold medals at the World Championships, European Games, and European Championships. Nina Derwael is the first gymnast from Belgium to become a World champion and European champion.

Nafissatou Thiam is a Belgian athlete who achieved popularity in 2016 when she won the gold medal in Heptathlon at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Nafissatou Thiam went on to win another gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, becoming only the second woman to win consecutive Olympic titles in Heptathlon after America's Jackie Joyner-Kersee. 

Emma Meesseman is a Belgian basketball player best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2017 and 2021 EuroBasket. An important player for the national team and many European professional teams, Emma Meesseman was adjudged the FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year in 2011. In 2020, she was named Belgian Sportswoman of the Year.

Belgian Paralympic gold medalist Marieke Vervoort suffered from a complicated condition called reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Proficient in wheelchair basketball, swimming, triathlon, and wheelchair racing, the multi-talented and openly lesbian athlete stunned the world by choosing to die by euthanasia at age 40. She had also penned a couple of books.

Greet Minnen is a Belgian professional tennis player. At the 2021 US Open, she reached the third round. Greet Minnen has won nine singles titles at the ITF Women's Circuit so far in her career.         

Cindy Dandois is a Belgian mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Lightweight divisions. She has fought for various promotions like the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator MMA. The mother of six, Cindy Dandois is currently working as a high school teacher. 

Delfine Persoon is a Belgian professional boxer who held the IBF lightweight title in 2012. From 2014 to 2019, she held the WBC female lightweight title. In 2015, Delfine Persoon was adjudged Belgian Sportsman of the Year. She is often counted among the world's best female boxers. 

Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian tennis player who has competed in Grand Slams, Olympic Games, and the Billie Jean King Cup. In 2009, she was named as the Most Improved Player by the WTA. In 2011, Yanina Wickmayer was mentioned in Time magazine's 30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future list.

Belgian tennis player Kirsten Flipkens has had a career-high ranking of 13 in singles. An Olympian, she also became the most experienced Belgian player at the Fed Cup. While she began playing tennis at age 4, she later dropped out of school to continue her tennis career. She is also known for her trademark spectacles.

Femke Van den Driessche is a Belgian retired road racing cyclist, mountainbiker, and cyclo-cross cyclist. She won the Belgian championship title in 2016 but was later stripped of the title as she was charged with mechanical doping; she was the first person to be officially charged with mechanical doping. In 2016, Femke Van den Driessche was banned for six years.

Zeynep Sever scripted history when she became the first Turkish-origin woman to win the Miss Belgium crown. She soared to fame as an Instagram model soon after she began posting her pictures on the platform in 2016. She is married to Turkish footballer Volkan Demirel. She herself has played volleyball for Fenerbahçe.

Jolien Verschueren was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist who represented her country at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, where she competed in the women's elite event. Apart from her cycling career, Jolien Verschueren also had a teaching career as she worked as a schoolteacher. Jolien Verschueren died of brain cancer at the age of 31.  

Tara Gins is a Belgian racing cyclist who rode professionally for teams like Lares–Waowdeals, Memorial Santos–SaddleDrunk, and Health Mate–Cyclelive Team between 2016 and 2020. Tara Gins is currently a part of an amateur team named Get Coached.