Meet Mr. Wilfried Meert – Diamond League Meet Director who will speak on; “Jamaica a Diamond League Destination”
Wilfried Meert
– Currently living in Bruges
– Latin – Pre University Education
– Graduation Modern Language
– From 1968 to 1987 : sportswriter for Het Laatste Nieuws (Belgian newspaper)
– From 1987 to 2001 : General Secretary of the Royal Belgian Athletics Federation
– From 2001 : Full-time organizer Memorial Van Damme
– 1st Vice-president of the Grand Prix commission of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF)
– 1st Vice-president Euromeetings (the most important European athletics meetings)
– Organizer :
World Championships Cross Country (Antwerp 1991)
World Championships Half Marathon (Brussels 1993)
European Championships Cross Country (Charleroi 1996)
European Indoor Championships (Gand 2000)
Flanders Indoor Athletics meeting (Gand, since 1988)
