Carlos Van den Driessche

Carlos Van den Driessche
Personal information
Birth name Charles Georges Van den Driessche
Born 31 August 1901
Brussels, Belgium
Died 14 May 1972 (aged 70)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing, ice hockey
Club CRB, Bruxelles
BIHC, Bruxelles
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's ice hockey
Ice Hockey European Championships
1924 MilanTeam
Men's rowing
European Rowing Championships
1929 Bydgoszcz Single sculls

Charles Georges "Carlos" Van den Driessche (31 August 1901 – 14 May 1972) was a Belgian ice hockey player and rower. As a hockey player he won a bronze medal at the 1924 European Championships[1] and finished seventh and thirteenth at the 1924 and 1936 Winter Olympics, respectively.[2]

As a rower he competed in the coxless pairs at the 1928 Summer Olympics, together with the fellow ice hockey player Philippe Van Volckxsom, but failed to reach the final.[2] He won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Louis Strauwen at the 1929 European Rowing Championships.[3]

Van den Driessche served as the president of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation in 1949–1951, 1953–1955 and 1960–1965.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Malolepszy, Tomasz (2013). European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910. Scarecrow Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8108-8782-4.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Carlos Van den Driessche". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Presidents of the Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. rbihf.be


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