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| Born | 21 September 1903 Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 July 1982 (aged 78) Uccle, Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Ice hockey | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Right winger | ||||||||||||||
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Wilhelm "Willy" Kreitz (21 September 1903 – 3 July 1982) was a Belgian ice hockey player and sculptor.
Career as sportsman
He won two medals at the Ice Hockey European Championships in 1924 and 1927, and finished 5th and 13th at the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics, respectively. He was also present at the 1924 Olympics as a substitute player. At the 1927 European Championships Kreitz was the team captain and top scorer (7 goals in 5 games), and was selected as best player of the tournament.
Career as artist
Kreitz studied traditional sculpture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and created statues and portrait busts for numerous public spaces in Belgium and the Netherlands. He won the Van Leriusprijs and the Prixe de Rome (1932), and took part in the art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After that he taught sculpture at the Antwerp Academy.
References
- Willy Kreitz, EliteProspects.com
- ^ Tomasz Malolepszy (2013). European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910. Scarecrow Press. pp. 12, 17. ISBN 978-0-8108-8782-4.
- ^ Willy Kreitz. sports-reference.com
- ^ Championnats d'Europe 1927. passionhockey.com
- The sad woman. tracesofwar.com
- "Willy Kreitz". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- Archiefbank Vlaanderen - De geschiedenis van het Belgisch ijshockey (in Dutch)
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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- 1903 births
- 1982 deaths
- Belgian ice hockey right wingers
- Belgian male sculptors
- Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Belgium
- Olympic competitors in art competitions
- Sportspeople from Antwerp
- Belgian winter sports biography stubs
- European ice hockey biography stubs