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Nationality | Belgian |
Born | Antwerp, Belgium | 31 August 1930
Died | 24 April 2018 87) [1] | (aged
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Sport | Swimming |
Maria Oeyen (31 August 1930 – 24 April 2018) was a Belgian swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [2]
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad and commonly known as Antwerp 1920, were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, 18 February 1928.
Belgium competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 101 competitors, 93 men and 8 women, took part in 64 events in 16 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 54 competitors, 51 men and 3 women, took part in 37 events in 12 sports.
Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics after World War I, saw five events. The competitions were held from 27 to 29 August in Antwerp, Belgium.
Belgium sent a delegation to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. The nation was represented by only one athlete, speed skater Bart Veldkamp. He won a bronze medal in the men's 5,000 metres race. With that bronze medal, Belgium finished in joint 22nd place on the medal table.
Belgium competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 150 competitors, 145 men and 5 women, participated in 72 events in 15 sports.
Jules Maria Adolphe Henri De Bisschop was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Belgian club Royal Club Nautique de Gand and with his team, he won the silver medal in the men's eight.
Maria-Christine Soetewey is a retired Belgian high jumper.
The men's coxed four event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fourth appearance of the event, was held from 13 to 17 July 1924 on the river Seine. There were 10 boats from 10 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Switzerland, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event; the two Swiss victories matched Germany for most among nations to that point. France earned its first medal in the event since 1900 with silver. The United States reached the podium for the second straight Games with a bronze medal. Hans Walter, a member of the Swiss crew in 1920 as well as this year, was the first man to win two medals in the event, and the only one to win two golds.
Belgium sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The nation has been to every Winter Olympics except two, both in the 1960s. The Belgian delegation to Vancouver consisted of eight athletes, competing in four different sports. The delegation did not win any medals, and their best performance in any event was ninth by Pieter Gysel in the short track speed skating 1,500 meters event.
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José María de Marco Pérez is a Spanish lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg with the lightweight men's four. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Mariya Omelianovych is a Ukrainian rower who represented the Soviet Union.
Maria Teresa Motta is an Italian former judoka. She competed in the women's heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Motta is a former athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.
Auguste Pelsmaeker was a Belgian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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