Louis De Ridder (9 June 1902 – 5 May 1981) was a

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athlete who competed in

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

and

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

at the

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

and

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

. His best achievement was fifth place in the four-man bobsleigh event in 1936. As a

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

, he placed 19th in both the 500 m and 1500 m events in 1924. He was part of the Belgian ice hockey teams that finished 7th and 13th in 1924 and 1936, respectively. He won two medals at the

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in 1924 and 1927. In 1930 he represented Belgium at the first recorded and recognised European Roller Speed Skating Championships on the road in his home town of Anvers (Antwerp) where he took the gold medal in all three events, the 1000 m, 10000 m and 25000 m.

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1924 speed skating men's 500 m results1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.
– p. 414. *Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Ice Hockey". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 563. (shown as "de Ridder") 1902 births 1981 deaths Belgian male bobsledders Belgian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Belgium Olympic ice hockey players of Belgium Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics {{Belgium-speed-skating-bio-stub