Herman Louis Clement Donners (5 August 1888 – 14 May 1915) was a

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player who competed in the

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and in the

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. 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

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, Belgium, son of Jean Henri Edmond Donners and his wife Celene Helene Joseph (''nee'' Verspreuwen). He enlisted in the

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in 1914 and died in

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, France, of wounds received in action during

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in May 1915. He is buried in Antwerp.
Belgian War Dead Register, accessed 19 February 2022.

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* 1888 births 1915 deaths Belgian male water polo players Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players of Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in water polo Belgian military personnel killed in World War I Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Antwerp Belgian Army personnel of World War I 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-waterpolo-bio-stub

Personal life and death

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