Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn

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Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn (born July 8, 1896 in Brussels , † July 19, 1988 in Guirsch , Province of Luxembourg ) was a Belgian athlete who was active in the modern pentathlon . In this sport he took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris .

life and career

Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn was born in 1896 as the eldest child of Fernand De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn (1869–1954) and his wife Mathilde d'Huart (1874–1961) in Brussels and grew up there with his sister Suzanne Marie Zoé Ghislaine ( 1897–1983) and his brother Hervé Marie Ferdinand (1900–1983).

In 1924 he started in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics in Paris, but was unable to prevail against most of the rest of the field. His best result was a 17th place in the show jumping discipline . In the final table, he finished 29th out of 38 places.

Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn married Sonia Robyns De Schneidauer (1901-1960) from Bulgaria on February 11, 1926 in Etterbeek , with whom he had two sons. Nothing further is known about his later life. He outlived his wife, who died on January 24, 1960 at the age of 58 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe , by more than 28 years. After her death he had not remarried.

Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn died on July 19, 1988 at the age of 92 in the small village of Guirsch in the Walloon province of Luxembourg .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roland De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn on geneanet.org ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 14, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gw.geneanet.org
  2. ↑ Alain De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn on geneanet.org ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 14, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gw.geneanet.org
personal data
SURNAME De Wykerslooth, De Rooyesteyn, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian modern pentathlon
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1988
Place of death Guirsch , Belgium