Joachim lives in Stevoort, Limburg, Belgium. He's a Special Olympics Athlete who has years of experience playing in a Unified team alongside Valerie. He completed a special school and works in a 'social' company for people with an id. He's working for BEWEL Diepenbeek, where he is maintaining green areas of municipalities and private companies. He likes being outside. Joachim started playing basketball in 2010 for KBBC Zolder and participates each year in the Belgian National Games. He plays both on a traditional and a Unified team. Joachim had the chance to have some international experience with the Unified team and went to Unified tournaments in Ukraine and Germany. He was also part of the Belgian Unified Team at the MENA games in Abu Dhabi.
Joachim is a fan of the Belgian basketball team of Limburg United, but he is also a big football fan (Sint Truiden). Joachim collects game jerseys from both basketball and football players.
World Games Berlin 2023 Unified Sports Delegates
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Kris Cuppens
3x3 Basketball Unified Sports Delegate - Belgium -
Sibi Vidyadharan Chandrabhanu
Badminton Unified Sport Delegate - United Arab Emirates -
Valerie Geluykens
Basketball Unified Sport Delegate - Belgium -
Joachim Joris
Basketball Assistant Unified Sport Delegate - Belgium -
Adele Fioravera
Beach Volleyball Unified Sports Delegate - Italy -
Danielle Kent
Bocce Unified Sports Delegate - Florida, USA -
Hend Soliman
Bowling Unified Sports Delegate - Cairo, Egypt -
Kristijan Kruk
Football Unified Sports Delegate – Tartu, Estonia -
André Peeters
Football Unified Sports Delegate - Belgium -
Daniyal Alvi
Futsal Unified Sports Delegate - Pakistan -
Briana Haines
Golf Unified Sports Delegate - Missouri, USA -
Mike Bovino
Handball Unified Sports Delegate - Pennsylvania, USA -
Stephen Minshull
Indoor Volleyball Unified Sports Delegate - Arizona, USA -
Róża Banasik-Zarańska
Kayaking Technical & Unified Sports Delegate - Pomorskie, Poland -
Dave Harman
Open Water Swimming Technical & Unified Sports Delegate - Raalte, Netherlands -
Pauli Saksa
Sailing Unified Sports Delegate - Finland -
John Muringani
Table Tennis Unified Sports Delegate - Zimbabwe -
Kata Orban-Sebestyen
Tennis Unified Sports Delegate - Hungary
