Léon Huybrechts
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 February 1956 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Léon Huybrechts (11 February 1876 – 9 February 1956) was a Belgian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won a gold medal in the French National Monotype 1924.[1] He won silver medals in the 6 m class in 1908 and 1920.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ "Léon Huybrechts". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Profile at The Olympic Medallists
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Léon Huybrechts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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- 1876 births
- 1956 deaths
- Belgian male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Sailors at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Monotype
- Sailors at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Sailors at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy
- Olympic sailors for Belgium
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- 20th-century Belgian people
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