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Hubert Van Innis

1866 - 1961

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Gerard Theodor Hubert Van Innis (24 February 1866 – 25 November 1961) was a Belgian competitor in the sport of archery; he competed in two Summer Olympics 20 years apart and came away with a total of six gold medals and three silver medals. As a young boy, the story goes he was forced to work as a milk delivery boy in the villages around Brussels, and at the end of his deliveries he would send his dog and cart home while he went off to practice his archery skills. When he was 13 years old, he won the first prize in a main competition in Antwerp. He also won the prize in 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Van Innis is the 67th most popular athlete (up from 144th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 376th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hubert Van Innis ranks 67 out of 6,025. Before him are Charles Bennett, Ville Ritola, Wallace, Yuriy Sedykh, Patrick Ryan, and Alajos Szokolyi. After him are Marina Doria, Zoltán Horváth, Jim Lightbody, Ibolya Csák, Frederick Schule, and Vasily Alekseyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Hubert Van Innis ranks 45. Before him are Ambroise Vollard, Francesco Cilea, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Adrien de Gerlache, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, and Franz von Bayros. After him are Ramon Casas, Emile Vandervelde, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, La Goulue, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, and Vasily Kalinnikov. Among people deceased in 1961, Hubert Van Innis ranks 41. Before him are Mukhtar Auezov, Joseph M. Schenck, Werner Jaeger, Maria Valtorta, Margherita Sarfatti, and Eero Saarinen. After him are Mei Lanfang, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Milan Stojadinović, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Clark Ashton Smith, and Domenico Tardini.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hubert Van Innis ranks 246 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Peter Snayers (1592), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), and Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207). After him are J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Jacques Feyder (1885), John Langenus (1891), Emile Vandervelde (1866), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), and Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Hubert Van Innis ranks 1. After him are Fernando (null), Gaston Reiff (1921), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), Gaston Roelants (1937), Oscar Dessomville (1876), Prosper Bruggeman (1873), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Étienne Gailly (1922), Victor Willems (1877), Maurice Verdonck (1873), and Ivo Van Damme (1954).

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