Gérard Blitz (water sports enthusiast)

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Gérard Blitz, 1922

Gérard Blitz (born August 1, 1901 in Amsterdam , † March 8, 1979 in Ganshoren ) was a Belgian swimmer and water polo player . In 1920, at the age of 19, he took part in the Summer Olympics in Antwerp and won the bronze medal over 100 meters back and silver in water polo as a member of the Belgian team.

Between 1921 and 1927 Blitz held the world record for the 400 meter backstroke with a time of 5: 59.2. In 1924, Blitz won another silver medal with the water polo team at the Summer Olympics in Paris and another bronze medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . In the latter games, he was one of 13 Jewish athletes to win a medal.

Gérard Blitz was the younger brother of water polo player Maurice Blitz and the uncle of the entrepreneur Gérard Blitz , who founded Club Med in 1950 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jewish Athletes - Olympic Medalists ( Memento from August 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )