Claude Dehombreux

Michel De Meulemeester (front) and Claude Dehombreux (back) 1965

Claude Dehombreux (born October 14, 1939 in Ixelles , † October 31, 2010 in Brussels ) was a Belgian rower who took part in the Olympic Games three times.

Athletic career

The 1.90 m tall Claude Dehombreux from Royal Sport Nautique de Bruxelles won a total of 30 Belgian championship titles in singles and doubles .

At the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 he was the only Belgian rower to take part. He was fifth and last in the run-up. In the repechage he finished fourth and retired more than six seconds behind third-placed Poland Zdzisław Bromek .

In 1971 Dehombreux rowed together with Albert Heyche at the European Championships in Copenhagen , the two Belgians took fifth place in the double scull . Dehombreux and Heyche also competed together at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. They reached third place in the preliminary run and second place in the repechage. After a fifth place in the semifinals, the two rowed to third place in the B final and thus finished ninth in the overall standings.

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Dehombreux took on one more time. After a third place in the preliminary run and a fifth place in the semifinals, he finished in sixth place in the B final, twelfth place overall. After his active career, Claude Dehombreux was a trainer at Royal Sport Nautique de Bruxelles.

Web links

• Claude Dehombreux in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Claude Dehombreux at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )

Footnotes

1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 123f
2. ^ Finals in double sculls 1971 at worldrowing.com
3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. pp. 337f
4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. p. 556