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Ivo Van Damme

1954 - 1976

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Ivo Van Damme (21 February 1954 – 29 December 1976) was a Belgian middle-distance runner. Van Damme played football until he was 16, but then switched to athletics. His breakthrough came in 1973, when he placed fourth in the 800 m at the European Junior Championships. He suffered from mononucleosis the following season, but returned strong beating Roger Moens's 1955 national 800 m record. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivo Van Damme is the 557th most popular athlete (down from 359th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 527th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ivo Van Damme ranks 557 out of 6,025. Before him are Jay O'Brien, William Jones, Howard Valentine, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Eddie Owen, and Marlies Göhr. After him are Louis Clarke, Heike Drechsler, Émile Druart, John Mikaelsson, Luis Brunetto, and Amos Biwott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ivo Van Damme ranks 269. Before him are Sergei Sidorsky, Jean Bourgain, Alex Salmond, Jesús María Satrústegui, David Paich, and Igor Krutoy. After him are François Van der Elst, Sam Allardyce, Karl-Heinz Körbel, Joseph-Antoine Bell, Dai Sijie, and Koen Lenaerts. Among people deceased in 1976, Ivo Van Damme ranks 162. Before him are Pinhas Lavon, E. H. Shepard, Conduelo Píriz, Stanley Baker, Armas Taipale, and Haddon Sundblom. After him are Maurice Dobb, Manuel Olivares, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Veikko Huhtanen, and Hamit Kaplan.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ivo Van Damme ranks 573 out of 1,190. Before him are Arnold Badjou (1909), Yannick Carrasco (1993), Henri de Brouckère (1801), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), and Felix de Muelenaere (1793). After him are Rik Wouters (1882), Marie-Anne Libert (1782), François Van der Elst (1954), Frans Schollaert (1851), Jan Vertonghen (1987), and Axel Witsel (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Ivo Van Damme ranks 12. Before him are Oscar Dessomville (1876), Prosper Bruggeman (1873), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Étienne Gailly (1922), Victor Willems (1877), and Maurice Verdonck (1873). After him are Maurice Hemelsoet (1875), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jules De Bisschop (1879), Joël Robert (1943), Aimé Haegeman (1861), and Frank Odberg (1879).

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