BVElke Clijsters (37) has a relationship with darts player Mike De Decker(27). The couple reports this with a photo on Instagram. “Much love from us.Happy New Year,” they wrote. Both Clijsters and De Decker have not had toomuch love luck in recent years. For example, Elke caught bot in ‘TheBachelorette’ and Mike’s relationship also recently hit the rocks.
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Elke Clijsters, Kim’s younger sister and daughter of former Red Devil Lei,went looking for a life partner in the TV show ‘De Bachelorette’ last year.There she met Ivan, although the love between them quickly cooled. At thetime, Elke said about the split: “Initially, Ivan and I were on a pink cloud.The feelings were there, as was the physical attraction. But the doubts I hadabout ‘us’ during ‘The Bachelorette’ turned out to be justified. Our lives areindeed too different to make a success story out of it,” says Clijsters.
Afterwards, Elke also regularly indicated that she is especially careful whenit comes to relationships. “I sometimes get asked why I don’t have aboyfriend, but there’s nothing wrong with that. I am a good example for mychildren of being happy without a relationship. I don’t want to force love,”she told Story a few months ago. Clijsters has her two children together withfootball player Jelle Van Dammer. They became parents to a son Cruz in 2009and a daughter Cleo in 2010. Jelle and Elke separated in 2016.
LOOK. Elke chooses Ivan in ‘The Bachelorette’, but find no ‘happily everafter’ together.
Clijsters has therefore found her new love happiness with darts player Mike DeDecker. And a professional player who has delivered top performances in recentmonths. And he says he owes those achievements mainly to the break with hisprevious girlfriend. “I lived in the Netherlands with my girlfriend, but thatrelationship broke down in September. As a result, I went to live in Mechelenagain, with my mother and stepfather. That way I could train with Martin (hisstepfather, ed.) every day again. Because of him I spend longer on the board,which increased my level. When I was in the Netherlands, I quit faster.”
Passion for darts
The darts bug is one that both Mike and Elke have caught. Elke recently tookpart in the ‘BV Darts’ programme. She liked her participation so much that sheregularly took part in local tournaments afterwards. She also went to theWorld Cup in London several times in the past two weeks. Both Elke and Mikewill therefore no longer have to practice the sport alone in the future.