Rémy Maertens
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bronze | 1920 Antwerp | Tug of war |
Raymond Rémy Maertens (life dates unknown) was a Belgian tug of war . At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , northern Belgium , Maertens won the bronze medal in the last tug of war of the Olympic Games together with Edouard Bourguignon , Alphonse Ducatillon , Christian Piek , Henri Pintens , Charles Van Den Broeck , François Van Hoorenbeek 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 Maertens 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 Maertens 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 Maertens won the Olympic bronze medal.
See also
Web links
- Rémy Maertens in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ 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.
- ^ Comité Olympique et Interfédérale Belge: Olympic Games Antwerp 1920. Official Report. Brussels 1957, p. 141 ( online ; PDF; 975 kB).
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SURNAME | Maertens, Rémy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maertens, Raymond Rémy (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian tug of war |
DATE OF BIRTH | between 1880 and 1905 |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |