Oscar Dessomville
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| Birth name | Oscar Charles Dessomville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1876 Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 1938 (aged 62) Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Club Nautique de Gand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oscar Charles Dessomville (19 August 1876 – 30 August 1938) was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
In both 1900 and 1908 he was the only one with Rodolphe Poma, who was coxswain in 1900,[2][3] who was both two times part of the Belgian boat Royal Club Nautique de Gand, which won the silver medal in the men's eight.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oscar Dessomville". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Olympische organisaties". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Lijst van Belgische Olympische roeiers". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oscar de Somville". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Oscar Dessomville at World Rowing
- Oscar Dessomville at Olympics.com
- Oscar Dessomville at Olympedia
- Oscar Dessomville at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
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Categories:
- 1876 births
- 1938 deaths
- Belgian male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Belgium
- Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Royal Club Nautique de Gand rowers
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- 20th-century Belgian people
- Belgian Olympic medalist stubs
- Belgian rowing biography stubs