Henri Verbrugghe
Hendrik "Henri" Verbrugghe (20 July 1929 – 9 July 2009) was a Belgian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
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| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1958 Prague | K-2 1000 m |
Verbrugghe also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-2 1000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rik Verbrugghe (Hendrik Jean "Rik" Verbrugghe)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Obituary at Bobbejaan.be at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 July 2011) (in Dutch)
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