Louis Edouard Albert Glineur (born 10 December 1849, date of death unknown) was a

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competitor in the sport of

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. Glineur competed in one event, taking third place in the Sur la Perche à la Pyramide competition. He is now considered by the

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to have won a

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. No scores are known from that competition.

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# – Prizes at the time were silver medals for first place and bronze medals for second, as well as usually including cash awards. The current gold, silver, bronze medal system was initiated at the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...

. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned medals in the current system to top three placers at early Olympics.

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* * 1849 births Year of death missing Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Belgian male archers Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hainaut (province) Place of death missing {{Belgium-Olympic-medalist-stub

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