Henri Verhavert
| Henri Verhavert | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Henri William Joseph Verhavert | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1874 Schaerbeek, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 August 1955 (aged 80) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henri William Joseph Verhavert (8 September 1874 – 9 August 1955) was a Belgian army officer and gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1920 he won the bronze medal as member of the Belgian gymnastics team in the Swedish system event.
He served in the Belgian Army from 1894 until 1936, he was a member of Fortiification Commission, retiring with the rank of lieutenant general, and was briefly recalled in 1940.[2] [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Henri Verhavert". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Boënne, Maarten (2009–2010). "Opperofficieren in het Belgisch leger" (PDF) (in Dutch) – via Ghent University.
- ^ Belgium's Dilemma: The Formation of the Belgian Defense Policy, 1932-1940, Jonathan A. Epstein, BRILL, 27 mar 2014 - 300
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