Ludo Philippaerts Ludo Philippaerts Ludo Philippaerts (born 22 June 1963) is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium. Philippaerts is a four-time Olympian. As an individual, he ranked 4th at both the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In Athens, the Belgian team, of which he was a part, ranked 6th. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Philippaerts and his late champion horse, Darco, ranked 7th. Philippaerts won the 2008 FEI World Cup final in Mechelen, 26–30 December 2008. At the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, he had an individual rank
Ludo Martens Ludo Martens Ludo Martens (12 March 1946 – 5 June 2011) was a Belgian Communist political activist who also produced several works on the political history of Central Africa and the Soviet Union. In 1968 Martens founded the group "Alle macht aan de arbeiders" ("All Power to the Workers"), which in 1979 became the Workers' Party of Belgium. He also served as chairman of the Workers' Party. Martens was the last foreigner to meet North Korean President Kim Il Sung prior to his death on 8 July 1994. According to a press release by the Workers' Party, Martens died on