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Maurice Verdonck

1873 - 1968

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Maurits August Verdonck (21 April 1879 – 1 March 1968), often incorrectly referred to as Maurice, was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian boat Royal Club Nautique de Gand, which won the silver medal in the men's eight. Verdonck was also a writer. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Verdonck is the 455th most popular athlete (up from 1,492nd in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 773rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maurice Verdonck ranks 455 out of 6,025. Before him are Sotirios Versis, Ugo Pignotti, André Auffray, Platt Adams, Mike Conley Sr., and Vince Gallagher. After him are Renate Stecher, Anne-Marie Colchen, Leonid Zhabotinsky, Eliud Kipchoge, Rudolf Burkert, and Władysław Kozakiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Maurice Verdonck ranks 126. Before him are Richard von Kühlmann, Hamida Javanshir, Constance Titus, Mikhail Prishvin, Barnum Brown, and Wojciech Korfanty. After him are Antonín Švehla, Pyotr Chardynin, Charles Avery, Antun Gustav Matoš, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, and Nikolay Bauman. Among people deceased in 1968, Maurice Verdonck ranks 140. Before him are Dorothy Garrod, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Leo Huberman, Harold D. Babcock, Jón Leifs, and Vasyl Makukh. After him are Joseph Pholien, Nikifor, Johann Horvath, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Bruno Chizzo, and Norman Brookes.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maurice Verdonck ranks 539 out of 1,190. Before him are Pierre de Decker (1812), Jan Gruter (1560), Brian Molko (1972), Gonzales Coques (1614), Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763), and Charles Delporte (1893). After him are Joseph Pholien (1884), Hermann Huppen (1938), Henri Coppens (1930), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Georges Heylens (1941), and Robert Waseige (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Maurice Verdonck ranks 10. Before him are Gaston Roelants (1937), Oscar Dessomville (1876), Prosper Bruggeman (1873), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Étienne Gailly (1922), and Victor Willems (1877). After him are Ivo Van Damme (1954), Maurice Hemelsoet (1875), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jules De Bisschop (1879), Joël Robert (1943), and Aimé Haegeman (1861).

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