António Stromp (13 June 1894 – 6 July 1921) was a Portuguese
sprinter. He competed in the
men's 100 metres at the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...
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He was one of the founders of
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, where he was also a football player, tennis player and fencer.
Personal life
He was son of Francisco Reis Stromp, a medical doctor, brother of
Francisco Stromp, a co-founder and footballer of Sporting CP, and died from
syphilis
Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent syphilis, latent or tertiary. The prim ...
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1894 births
1921 deaths
Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Portuguese male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Portugal
Athletes from Lisbon
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