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Joseph Pletincx (1888 – 1971) was a Belgian
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 ...
player. He competed at the
1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
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1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...
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1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
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1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
and won three silver and one bronze medals, becoming one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.


See also

* Belgium men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) *
List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments This is a list of male players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least three or four Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 1900. Abbreviations Overall multi-time Olympians As of the 2020 Sum ...
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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ...


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* 1888 births 1971 deaths Belgian male water polo players Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players of Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-waterpolo-bio-stub