Henri Hoevenaers
Appearance
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Born | Antwerp, Belgium | 1 May 1902|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 November 1958 Antwerp, Belgium | (aged 56)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henri "Rik" Hoevenaers (1 May 1902 – 12 November 1958) was a Belgian road cyclist who won three medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics,[1] including a silver in the individual time trial, a silver in the team time trial (with Auguste Parfondry and Jean Van Den Bosch), and a bronze in the team pursuit (with Van Den Bosch, Léonard Daghelinckx and Fernand Saivé).[2] He also won the road race at the 1925 World Championships. Hoevenaers turned professional in 1926. His father Josef and son Jos were also professional cyclists.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Henri Hoevenaers". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Henri Hoevenaers Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Henri Hoevenaers. cyclingarchives.com
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1958 deaths
- Belgian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Belgium
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Cyclists from Antwerp
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Belgian people
- Belgian Olympic medalist stubs
- Belgian cycling biography, 1900s birth stubs