André van de Werve de Vorsselaer
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 Belgium
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 Olympic games
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| bronze | London 1948 | Foil team |
 World championships
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| bronze | Lisbon 1947 | Foil team |
André Léon Ghislain Marie Joseph van de Werve de Vorsselaer (born April 10, 1908 in Antwerp , † October 6, 1984 there ) was a Belgian foil fencer .
successes
André van de Werve de Vorsselaer won bronze with the team at the World Championships in Lisbon in 1947 . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1936 he was fifth with the team in Berlin . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he moved into the final round with the Belgian team, which he completed together with Georges de Bourguignon , Henri Paternóster , Raymond Bru , Paul Valcke and Édouard Yves behind France and Italy on the bronze medal. In the individual competition he was eliminated in the second round.
Web links
- André van de Werve de Vorsselaer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Van de Werve de Vorsselaer, André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van de Werve de Vorsselaer, André Léon Ghislain Marie Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian foil fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1984 |
| Place of death | Antwerp , Belgium |