Nicolaas Moerloos
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 Moerloos c. 1920 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 August 1900 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1944 (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Nicolaas Moerloos (10 August 1900 – 5 September 1944) was a Belgian gymnast and weightlifter who competed in the 1920 and the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sint-Niklaas and died in Belsele. In 1920 he won the silver medal as a member of the Belgian gymnastics team in the European system event. Four years later he finished twelfth in the featherweight weightlifting competition at the 1924 Games.[1]
He was killed during World War II, as a resistant in an encounter with Germans towards the end of the war.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicolaas Moerloos". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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