Hilaire Deprez (25 February 1922 – 15 September 1957) was a

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sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of eighth in the K-2 10000 m event at

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1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

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1922 births 1957 deaths Belgian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Belgium 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-canoe-bio-stub