Edmond Cloetens was a

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archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

and Olympic champion. He competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

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, where he won an individual gold medal in ''fixed target (large birds)'', and also two gold medals with the Belgian team."1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Archery"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 15, 2008)"The 1920 Olympics: Antwerp, Belgium"
– ''hickoksports.com'' (Retrieved on April 15, 2008)

Note

Some sources list his name as ''Emile'' Cloetens, while most sources have ''Edmond'' Cloetens.

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