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Oscar Dessomville

1876 - 1938

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Oscar Charles Dessomville (19 August 1876 – 30 August 1938) was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In both 1900 and 1908 he was the only one with Rodolphe Poma, who was coxswain in 1900, who was both two times part of the Belgian boat Royal Club Nautique de Gand, which won the silver medal in the men's eight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Dessomville is the 269th most popular athlete (up from 866th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 674th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Oscar Dessomville ranks 269 out of 6,025. Before him are Bill Roberts, August Nilsson, Galina Chistyakova, Ernesto Ambrosini, Josy Barthel, and Francisco Lázaro. After him are James Quinn, Francis Lane, Martin Lundström, Mamo Wolde, Oliver Macdonald, and Harry Hillman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Oscar Dessomville ranks 106. Before him are William Sealy Gosset, Alexandre Tuffère, Yusuf Akçura, Óscar R. Benavides, Mack Swain, and Aaron Aaronsohn. After him are Pantelis Karasevdas, Ahmad Qavam, Konstantinos Demertzis, Maria Ouspenskaya, Léon-Paul Fargue, and Maurice Tourneur. Among people deceased in 1938, Oscar Dessomville ranks 124. Before him are Ernest William Brown, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Ramón Franco, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Lampião, and Florence Lawrence. After him are Juho Vennola, Leopoldo Lugones, Aleksander Kakowski, Joseph Strauss, Tang Shaoyi, and Paolo Troubetzkoy.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Oscar Dessomville ranks 444 out of 1,190. Before him are Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), Maurice De Waele (1896), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Justine Henin (1982), and Jacques Moeschal (1900). After him are Cornelis Schut (1597), Constant Permeke (1886), Joseph Lebeau (1794), André Vandewyer (1909), Radja Nainggolan (1988), and Camille Jenatzy (1868).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Oscar Dessomville ranks 6. Before him are Hubert Van Innis (1866), Fernando (null), Gaston Reiff (1921), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), and Gaston Roelants (1937). After him are Prosper Bruggeman (1873), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Étienne Gailly (1922), Victor Willems (1877), Maurice Verdonck (1873), and Ivo Van Damme (1954).

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