Jean de Backer
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 Belgium
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Jean de Backer was a Belgian water polo player .
He played for the Brussels swimming and water polo club , which was elected representative of Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics . In the Olympic tournament , the team made it to the final, in which they lost to the Osborne Swimming Club , which represented Great Britain , and thus won the silver medal.
Web links
- Jean de Backer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Jean de Backer on olympic.org (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | de Backer, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian water polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |