Career
After Polydore Veirman of the Royal Club Nautique de Gand, and Eveline Peleman of Royal Sport Nautique de Gand he is the most important Belgian single sculler of all time. Van Belleghem was born in Bruges. At the Olympic Games in Seoul (1988), he partnered Alain Lewuillon from Brussels, the Belgian national assistant-coach, in the coxless pairs.
They came fourth in the final just one tenth of a second short of the bronze and Lewuillon had some shoe problems during that race.
Van Bellegham was coached by Jens Mac Marren (South), Yvan Vanier (Netherlands), Mike Spracklen, and Riszard Kedjiersky (P) among other. Formerly a dealer for Aylings Rowing Boat in Belgium, he now runs a transport company and a car showroom in Bruges.