Daniel Van de Wiele

Daniel Van de Wiele (born November 10, 1956 in Leuven, Belgium), is a boxing referee, most notable for his refereeing of the WBC heavyweight titlefight between Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman on April 21, 2001. He has also refereed the 2009 the WBC heavyweight titlefight between Vitaly Klitschko and Juan Carlos Gómez, which ended in the ninth round with Gómez unable to continue.

Work as Referee

Van de Wiele started his work as a boxing referee on December 13, 1980. Since then, Wiele has refereed over 560 titlefights. His most notable fights refereeing include the 2001 WBC Heavyweight title and the 2009 WBC Heavyweight title.

Personal

Daniel Van de Wiele is married to Olena Pobyvailo. They have a daughter, Sophie, born on Oct 10, 2012. Daniel has 2 children from a first marriage Koen en Dorien.

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