Victor Guidalevitch (1892–1962), engineer and photographer Paul Lemmens (born 1954), judge at the European Court of Human Rights Brian Lesher (born 1971), baseball player Jan Leyers (born 1958), singer Rik Van Linden (born 1949), cyclist Linda Mertens (born 1978), singer Mohamed Messoudi (born 1984), footballer Kristof Snelders (born 1982), footballer Rudy Trouvé (born 1967), musician Dirk Verbeuren (born 1975), heavy metal drummer Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), president of the Union of Belgian Composers Koen Vervaeke (born 1959), diplomat Marcia De Wachter (born 1953), economist Ronald de Witte (born 1946), cyclist Constant de Deken (1852-1896), missionary and explorer Personalities linked to the town Kim Clijsters, Tennis Player. Student of the Wilrijk tennis school in 1996 Karel Poma (mayor of Wilrijk 1953-1958), chemist and politician Laurens Bracke (inhabitant of Wilrijk 2006-?) Sport The town hosted the archery events for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Nachtegalen Park. VTV (Vlaamse Tennis Vereniging): A tennis school where Kim Clijsters trained in 1996 and where she met her coach Carl Maes (1996–2002). K Beerschot VA (football club) SK Wilrijk (football club) Antarctica (large ice-skating facility) Aspen (artificial skiing slope) AVI (athletics club) Wilrace (table tennis) Royal Antwerp Eagles (baseball) Cricket (Indian cricket club) Twin towns Niedernhausen, Germany Commercial/industrial/institutional sites University of Antwerp Campus Drie Eiken: One of the four campuses of the University of Antwerp (the site in Wilrijk was formerly known as UIA (Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen) Faculty for Comparative Religion Jewish Rabbinical School IKEA: One of the 6 IKEA stores in Belgium. Size store: 18.600 m², Agfa-Gevaert: Part of the Agfa Gevaert Mortsel site The Coca-Cola Company: One of the three production/distribution centers of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium. Number of employees: 541 (in 2005) ISVAG: A large facility that burns household waste from Antwerp and other towns in the region. Burns 100,000-150,000 tons a year Atlas Copco Airpower: The largest fabrication facility of air compressors in the world. Number of employees: 2300 (in 2005) Rizla: Part of the Imperial Tobacco Group it is a major producer of tobacco rolling papers in the world. The site in Wilrijk has 160 employees and produces 30 billion leaves a year (2004). Jain Temples Jain Temples at Wilrijk References External links Official site of Wilrijk Site of the Goat parade History of the name 'Goat village' Legends of Wilrijk History of Wilrijk Districts of Antwerp Populated places in Antwerp Province