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Belgium At The 1908 Summer Olympics ...
Belgium competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, which had previously competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Medalists Results by event Athletics Cycling Belgium's best cycling result was a bronze medal won in the 20 kilometres Diving Fencing Gymnastics Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Wrestling Notes Sources * * {{Nations at the 1908 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1908 Summer Olympics 1908 Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Olympic Committee
The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee ( nl, Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité, french: Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge), abbreviated BOIC or COIB, is the National Olympic Committee for Belgium. The administrative seat is located in Brussels. History The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee was founded and recognized by International Olympic Committee in 1906. List of presidents Executive committee * President: Jean-Michel Saive * Vice Presidents: Tom Van Damme, Dominique Monami * CEO: Cédric Van Branteghem * Treasurer: Pascal Mertens * Members: Dominique Gavage, Sven Serré, Yuhan Tan, Gwenda Stevens Member federations The Belgian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 7 Winter Sport Federations in Belgium. See also *Belgium at the Olympics Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Vergucht
François Vergucht (born 1887, date of death unknown) was a Belgian rower who won a silver medal in men's eight at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... References Belgian male rowers Olympic rowers for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing 1887 births Year of death missing Royal Club Nautique de Gand rowers Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Feyaerts
Fernand Feyearts (1880 – 11 July 1927 in Brussels) was a Belgian swimmer and water polo player who competed for Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in each. Between 1898 and 1900, Feyearts was one of the main people responsible for the development of water polo in Belgium, and in 1900, his club the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, traveled to Paris, France, to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics, after beating French clubs in the first two rounds, his team met the Osbourne Swimming Club who were representing Great Britain in the final, but unfortunately in front of 5000 spectators they lost 2–7, so he won a silver medal. Feyearts was back at the Olympics eight years later competing for Belgium, at the 1908 Summer Olympics being held in London, in the first round Belgium beat the Netherlands 8–1, with Feyearts scoring six of those goals, in the next round they beat Sweden 8–4, with Feyearts scoring another poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Donners
Herman Louis Clement Donners (5 August 1888 – 14 May 1915) was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian water polo team and won a silver and a bronze medal. Personal life and death Donners was born in Antwerp, Belgium, son of Jean Henri Edmond Donners and his wife Celene Helene Joseph (''nee'' Verspreuwen). He enlisted in the Belgian Army in 1914 and died in Calais, France, of wounds received in action during World War I in May 1915. He is buried in Antwerp. Belgian War Dead Register, accessed 19 February 2022. See also * |
Victor Boin
Victor Boin (28 February 1886 – 31 March 1974) was a Belgian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, and épée fencer who competed at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Olympics Boin was part of the Belgian water polo teams that finished second in 1908 and third in 1912. In 1908 he also participated in the 100 metre freestyle swimming competition, but was eliminated in the first round. As a fencer he finished fourth in the individual épée competition in 1912. In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the individual épée event, but won a silver medal in the team épée event. Boin took the first ever Olympic Oath at the 1920 Games in Antwerp, where he was also the Belgium flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. Later, between 1955 and 1965, he served as president of the Belgian Olympic Committee. Other activities Boin was also active in ice skating, flying, ice hockey, and motorcycle racing. In 1903, aged 17, he founded the first Belgian ice hockey club and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 Yard Free Pistol, Team
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field, in shooting sports, hunting, or in combat. The person involved in the shooting activity is called a shooter. A skilled, accurate shooter is a '' marksman'' or '' sharpshooter'', and a person's level of shooting proficiency is referred to as their ''marksmanship''. Competitive shooting Shooting has inspired competition, and in several countries rifle clubs started to form in the 19th century. Soon international shooting events evolved, including shooting at the Summer and Winter Olympics (from 1896) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Van Asbroeck
Paul Van Asbroeck (1 May 1874 – 1959) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle and pistol shooting. He competed at the 1900 Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the military rifle 3 positions category. However the medal was tied with Norwegian Ole Ostmo. In the 1908 Olympics in London he won the Free pistol event and took silver in the team event. He also won the individual World Championships in that event in 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, and 1914. He also competed in the 1920, 1924, and 1936 Olympic Games, for a total of five Olympic appearances. The document 'Five Or More Appearances in the Olympics, 1992 Revision' by the Olympic historians Lennart Dahllöf, Wolf Lyberg, and Dr Bill Mallon claims that Van Asbroeck appeared in six Olympic Games, citing '1906-08, 20-28, 36', but this appears to be in error. Presumably the 1906 is a typo for 1900, since he did compete in 1906. The 1906 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réginald Storms
Réginald Storms (13 September 1880 – 24 February 1948) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... References External links * 1880 births 1948 deaths Belgian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for Belgium Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Belgian male tennis players 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Paumier Du Verger
Charles Paumier du Vergier was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the military rifle standing event. He also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ..., winning a silver medal in the team 50 yard free pistol event. References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Belgian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic shooters of Belgium Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Class
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1908 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of the 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1908 was open for a total of five sailing classes (disciplines), but actually only four Sailing events were contested. The planned venue of all races, named ''matches'', was Ryde, Isle of Wight. Venue At the 1907 The Hague Conference of the IOC Ryde at the Isle of Wight was appointed to host the sailing regattas, for all classes, of the games of the IVth Olympiad. However, when there were only two British entries for the 12 Metre matches, and both yacht were located at the Firth of Clyde, the decision was made to use Hunters Quay as a second venue. Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde The RVYC was founded on 24 May 1845 by Prince Albert to give Queen Victoria a Yacht Club which she was entitled to enter as a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Weewauters
Henri Weewauters (born 8 November 1875, date of death unknown) was a Belgium, Belgian sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the silver medal in the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre, 6 metre class with the Belgian boat ''Zut''. Twelve years later he was a crew member of the Belgian boat ''Antwerpia V'', which won the bronze medal in the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre, 8 metre class. References External links * * * 1875 births Year of death missing Belgian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Olympic sailors of Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
