Josse "Jos" Broekx (born 14 December 1951) is a Belgian canoe sprinter who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. Broekx also competed in three

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, but did not advance to the finals in any event he competed. Broekx's best finish was fourth in the semifinal round twice (K-4 1000 m:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

). His brothers Erik and Paul Broekx, his brother-in-law Paul Stinckens and his niece

Lize Broekx Lize Broekx (born 5 April 1992) is a Belgian Sprint kayak, sprint canoeist. She competed in the Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres, women's K-1 500 metres and the Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 50 ...

also competed as canoe sprinters.

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1951 births Belgian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Belgium ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Belgium-canoe-bio-stub