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| Birth name | Oscar Charles Dessomville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1876 Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 1938(1938-08-30) (aged 62) Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Club Nautique de Gand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oscar Charles Dessomville (19 August 1876 – 30 August 1938) was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
In both 1900 and 1908 he was the only one with Rodolphe Poma, who was coxswain in 1900, who was both two times part of the Belgian boat Royal Club Nautique de Gand, which won the silver medal in the men's eight.
References
- "Oscar Dessomville". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- "Olympische organisaties". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- "Lijst van Belgische Olympische roeiers". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oscar de Somville". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
External links
- Oscar Dessomville at World Rowing
- Oscar Dessomville at Olympics.com
- Oscar Dessomville at Olympedia
- Oscar Dessomville at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
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- 1876 births
- 1938 deaths
- Belgian male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Belgium
- Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Royal Club Nautique de Gand rowers
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- 20th-century Belgian people
- Belgian Olympic medalist stubs
- Belgian rowing biography stubs