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| Full name | Jules Louis Verbecke | |||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1879 Lille, France | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming, water polo | |||||||||||||
| Club | Tritons Lillois | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jules Louis Verbecke (born 15 September 1879, date of death unknown) was a French swimmer and water polo player who won a silver medal in the Men's 200 metre team swimming event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. [1] He also participated in the Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics. [2]
A water polo tournament was held on the Seine on 11 and 12 August 1900 as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Eight teams from four countries, all European, entered the event, although only seven ended up playing. The Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, England, which has been listed with two rosters that are nearly entirely different, became the first Olympic water polo champions by defeating the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club of Belgium. Third place went to the two French-based semi-finalists, Libellule de Paris and Pupilles de Neptune de Lille, the latter of whom entered two teams, but merged them together after the first round.
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