Frans De Blaes
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Frans De Blaes (17 September 1909 โ 27 February 2010) was a Belgian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He competed in the K-2 1000 m at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but eliminated in the heats. At the time of his death he was Belgium's oldest living Olympic competitor.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frans De Blaes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
- June 2008 interview with De Blaes[permanent dead link]
- Frans De Blaes' obituary (in Dutch)
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