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Jean Verbrugge
Jean Verbrugge (16 December 1896 – 7 January 1964) was a Belgian orthopedic surgeon, professor at Ghent University, and the inventor of the Verbrugge forceps as well as other surgical tools. Early in his career, he was also an accomplished fencer who competed for Belgium at the 1920 and 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... Dr. Verbrugge was the author of 175 publications on orthopedic medicine, and President of the Belgian Orthopedic Association three times."Verbrugge, Jean", in ''Who's Who in Orthopedics'', Seyed B. Mostofi, ed. (Springer Science & Business Media, 2004) pp342-344 References 1896 births 1964 deaths Belgian male fencers Belgian foil fencers Olympic fencers for Belgium Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only. Competitive fencing is one of the five activitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
