Jean De Backer
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Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
Team | Brussels Swimming Club | |||||||||||
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Jean De Backer was a Belgian athlete who mainly participated in the water polo[1] event.[2]
Backer competed for the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, and the team was selected to represent Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the team won a silver medal after losing in the final against the Osborne Swimming club which represented the Great Britain, but this came after the Belgium team had beaten two French sides in the previous rounds.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Jean De Backer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Jean de Backer". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "1900 - Olympic Games in Paris". h2opolo.be. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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