Raoul Degryse (6 September 1912 – 19 June 1993) was a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Oudenaarde Oudenaarde (; french: Audenarde ; in English sometimes ''Oudenarde'') is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, H ...

. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist

Gavino Matta Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, Matta won the silver medal in the flyweight class after losing the final fight to Willy Kaiser, the Ge ...

External links

Raoul Degryse's profile at Sports Reference.com
* 1912 births 1993 deaths Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Belgium Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oudenaarde Belgian male boxers {{Belgium-boxing-bio-stub