Carlos Vandendriessche

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Carlos Urbain Anna Stella Henri Vandendriessche (31 August 1901[1] – 14 May 1972) was a Belgian ice hockey player and rower.[2] As a hockey player he won a bronze medal at the 1924 European Championships[3] and finished seventh and thirteenth at the 1924 and 1936 Winter Olympics, respectively.[4]

Carlos Vandendriessche
Personal information
Birth nameCarlos Urbain Anna Stella Henri Vandendriessche
Born31 August 1901
Brussels, Belgium
Died14 May 1972 (aged 70)
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
SportRowing, ice hockey
ClubCRB, Bruxelles
BIHC, Bruxelles
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's ice hockey
Ice Hockey European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Milan Team
Men's rowing
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1929 Bydgoszcz Single sculls

As a rower he competed in the coxless pairs at the 1928 Summer Olympics, together with the fellow ice hockey player Philippe Van Volckxsom, but failed to reach the final.[4] He won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Louis Strauwen at the 1929 European Rowing Championships.[5]

Vandendriessche served as the president of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation in 1949–1951, 1953–1955 and 1960–1965.[6]

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References edit

  1. ^ birth certificate 3107, Brussels 1901
  2. ^ "Carlos Van den Driessche". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ Malolepszy, Tomasz (2013). European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910. Scarecrow Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8108-8782-4.
  4. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Van den Driessche". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  5. ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine sport-komplett.de
  6. ^ Presidents of the Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. rbihf.be

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