Léonard Daghelinckx

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Léonard Daghelinckx Road cycling
To person
Full name Gustave Léonard Daghelinckx
Date of birth April 10, 1900
date of death March 3, 1986
nation Belgium
discipline train
Most important successes
Olympic games
bronze Team pursuit 1924

Gustave Léonard Daghelinckx (born April 10, 1900 in Borgerhout , Antwerp ; † March 3, 1986 ibid) was a Belgian track cyclist .

Between 1920 and 1924 Léonard Daghelinx was three times Belgian champion in the amateur sprint . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1920 in Antwerp he started in sprint and tandem races (with John Verhoeven ). In both disciplines he was eliminated in advance.

In 1924 in Paris , Daghelinckx won the bronze medal with the Belgian four-wheeler ( Rik Hoevenaers , Fernand Saivé , Jean Van den Bosch ). In the semifinals, the Belgian team lost to the Italian team, which had won the team pursuit four years earlier. There were two runs: In the first run Italy won against Belgium, but since one of the Belgian drivers had driven with a flat tire since the first lap , the jury decided to repeat the run. But the favored team from Italy also won this second run. Daghelinckx also started in the 50-kilometer scratch race , which he did not finish.

After finishing his cycling career, Daghelinckx opened a butcher's shop in Borgerhout. He also founded an import business for horse meat .

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