Eugène Van Roosbroeck
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Born | (1928-05-13)13 May 1928 Noorderwijk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Died | 28 March 2018(2018-03-28) (aged 89) Noorderwijk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Eugène Van Roosbroeck (13 May 1928 – 28 March 2018) was a Belgian racing cyclist from Noorderwijk (Antwerp province). He won a gold medal in team road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with Lode Wouters and Leon De Lathouwer.[1][2]
After that Olympic race, the Belgian cyclists were not aware that there was a team competition, and returned to Belgium, missing the medal ceremony. Many years later, Van Roosbroeck heard that André Nelis was given a copy of his lost medal, and requested the Belgian Olympic Committee to get the medal that he never received, and was given one in 2010.[3]
References
- ^ "Eugène Van Roosbroeck". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Belgische goudenmedaillewinnaar van Spelen 1948 overleden" [Belgian golden medal winner of Games 1948 passed away]. Sporza (in Dutch). 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Eugeen Van Roosbroeck krijgt na 62 jaar zijn gouden medaille" [Eugeen Van Roosbroeck gets his golden medal after 62 years]. De Morgen (in Dutch). 4 June 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
External links
- Eugène Van Roosbroeck at Cycling Archives
- Eugène Van Roosbroeck at ProCyclingStats
- Eugène Van Roosbroeck at Olympics.com
- Eugène Van Roosbroeck at Olympedia
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- 1948: Gaston Reiff (athletics)
- 1948: Leon De Lathouwer, Eugène Van Roosbroeck & Lode Wouters (cycling)
- 1952: Robert Grondelaers, André Noyelle, Lucien Victor & Rik Van Looy (cycling)
- 1952: André Noyelle (cycling)
- 1964: Gaston Roelants (athletics)
- 1964: Patrick Sercu (cycling)
- 1980: Robert Van de Walle (judo)
- 1984: Roger Ilegems (cycling)
- 1996: Fred Deburghgraeve (swimming)
- 2016: Greg Van Avermaet (cycling)
- 2020: Belgium men's national field hockey team (Hockey)
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