François Van Hoorenbeek

François Van Hoorenbeek medal table
Tug of war
Belgium
Olympic Summer Games
bronze	1920 Antwerp	Tug of war

François Van Hoorenbeek (dates unknown) was a Belgian tug of war . At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , northern Belgium , Van Hoorenbeek won the bronze medal in the last tug of war of the Olympic Games together with Edouard Bourguignon , Alphonse Ducatillon , Rémy Maertens , Christian Piek , Henri Pintens , Charles Van Den Broeck and Gustave Wuyts .

In the competition that took place on August 17 and 18, 1920 (officially called Lutte à la Corde ), the eight-person team probably competed in the first competition against the US team . All that is known is that Van Hoorenbeek and his team were able to prevail against the North Americans. The second duel took place against the eventual Olympic champion from the United Kingdom . The official Olympic report states that the British team of the City of London Police beat Belgium 2-0 after 29.4 and 38 seconds. Henk Janssen states that the Belgians then wanted to forego going for the silver medal against the Dutch team ; With the withdrawal of Italy, the Belgians around Van Hoorenbeek were already certain of winning the bronze medal. The Dutch were finally able to convince the Belgian team to draw for silver or bronze. After 63.4 and 123 seconds, the Dutch won the duel 2-0, so Van Hoorenbeek won the Olympic bronze medal.

See also

• 1920 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

Web links

• François Van Hoorenbeek in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Anthony Th. Bijkerk: The Olympic Tug-of-War Antwerp 1920. In: International Society of Olympic Historians: Journal of Olympic History. Edition September 2000, pp. 15-21.
2. ^ Comité Olympique et Interfédérale Belge: Olympic Games Antwerp 1920. Official Report. Brussels 1957, p. 141 ( online ; PDF; 975 kB).