Guillaume Séron was a Belgian athlete whose main event was the

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

. Séron competed for the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, and the team was selected to represent

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at the

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. The team won a silver medal after losing in the final against the Osborne Swimming club, which represented

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, but this came after the Belgium team had beaten two French sides in the previous rounds.

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Olympic medalists in water polo Belgian male water polo players Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic water polo players of Belgium Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{belgium-waterpolo-bio-stub

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