Great Olympians

Biographies - DEW

Rein de Waal

B. 1904-11-24, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; D. 1985-05-31
Hockey (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	silver		bronze	3608
				3608

He was the coach of the Dutch teams in 1948 and 1952.

Xan Gerdien de Waard

B. 1995-11-08, Renkum, the Netherlands
Hockey (2 gold, 1 silver)

	2016	2021	2024	HP
Women's Team	silver	gold	gold	12600
				12600

Charles Paul Dewachtere

B. 1927-12-22, Saint-Vith, Belgium
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Marathon	18th	3.84
		3.84

Frederik Albert De Waele

B. 1919-06-16, Zele, Belgium; D. 2001-08-20
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	126th	-
Men's Floor Exercise	78th	0.00000000000064
Men's Horse Vault	110th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	141st	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	155th	-
Men's Rings	125th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	121st	-
		0.00000000000064

Robert De Waele

B. 1933-05-17, Temse, Belgium; D. 1995-05-15
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1960	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 metres	SF:6th	4.32
Men's Kayak Singles 4x500 metres Relay	Rep:3rd	4.3
		8.62

François De Wagheneire

B. 1937-09-19, Gent, Belgium
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track

	1956	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-13.32
Men's Road Race, Team	(7th)	-
Men's Team Pursuit	QF	430.5
		430.5

Thomas Evelyn Ellis, Lord Howard de Walden

B. 1880-05-09, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1946-11-05
Fencing & Motorboating

	1906	1908	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R1:ac		1.462
A-class (Open)		dnf	1440
			1441.462

Olympic Competitor nr 2503

1906-04-23-09:00 - Fencing - Foil, Individual, round one - AC (1.462)
1908-08-28-16:00? - Motorboating - A-class (Open) - race abandoned
1908-08-29-14:00? - Motorboating - A-class (Open), second race - DNS (1440)

Phyllis Delma Dewar

B. 1916-03-05, Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada; D. 1961-04-08
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	SF:9th	256
Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	fourth	400
		656

Jacques (Laurens) de Waru

B. 1865-11-23, Le Frestoy-Vaux, France; D. 1918-05-21
Equestrianism - Miscellaneous

	1900	HP
Mail Coach	ac	150
		150

Olympic Competitor nr 594

1900-06-02-14:00 - Equestrianism - Mail Coach - AC (150)

Roger Dewasch

B. 1920, from Tourcoing, represented France; D. 1989-04-24
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1948	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Maurice Dewee

B. 1891-02-25, represented Belgium
Fencing

	1920	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	SF:10th	1.625
		1.625

Paul De Weert

B. 1945-11-27, Antwerpen, Belgium
Rowing

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	Rep:4th		77.863
Men's Coxless Fours		10th	77.863
			77.863

Charles, Count de Westenholz

B. 1945-03-17, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2006-03-09
Alpine Skiing

	1964	HP
Men's Downhill	50th	-5.10
Men's Giant Slalom	dnf	-15.64
Men's Slalom	R1:28th	-6.26
		0.000001256

(Frederick Patrick) Piers, Baron de Westenholz

B. 1943-12-10, Beaconsfield, England, Great Britain
Alpine Skiing

	1964	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	59th	-7.16
Men's Slalom	R1:31st	-7.64
		0.00000008

John Anthony de Wet

B. 1954-07-19, represented Zimbabwe
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Half-Heavyweight (-95 kg)	R2	40.5
Men's Open Class	R2	49.12
		89.62

Alphonse Dewette

B. 1902, from Gent, represented Belgium
Rowing

	1924	1928	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	R1:3rd		2225
Men's Coxed Fours		QF	2225
			2225

Dingenis de Wilde

B. 1885-01-02, Heinkenszand, the Netherlands; D. 1947-03-17
Shooting

	1924	HP
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol	30th	0.015
		0.015

Georges de Wilde

B. 1900-11-25, Paris, France; D. 1996-02-06
Speed Skating

	1924	HP
Men's 500 m	21st	0.64
Men's 1500 m	18th	2.56
Men's 5000 m	19th	1.6
Men's 10000 m	dnf	6.4
Men's All-Round	dnf	16
		27.2

Roger De Wilde

B. 1940-04-05, Gent, Belgium; D. 2019-12
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7th	207.25
			207.25

Pierre Dewin

B. 1894, represented Belgium
Aquatics - Water Polo (2 silver)

	1920	1924	HP
Men's Water Polo	(silver)	silver	2800
			2800

Simon Dewinter

B. 1908-09-20, Charleroi, Belgium; D. 1972-08-01
Boxing

	1936	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Maarten de Wit

B. 1883-05-30, Wormerveer, the Netherlands; D. 1965-03-30
Sailing (1 silver)

	1928	HP
8 metres Class	silver	2000
		2000

Simon de Wit

B. 1912-08-24, Zaandam, the Netherlands; D. 1976-03-02
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	Rep:dns	120
Men's Coxed Fours	fourth	1200
		1320

William Theodore "Willie" deWit

B. 1961-06-13, Three Hills, Alb., Canada
Boxing (1 silver)

	1984	HP
Men's Heavyweight (-91 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Edward James "Ed" DeWitt

B. 1934-06-09, Meadowlands, Minn., USA
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1960	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

John Riegel DeWitt

B. 1881-10-29, Phillipsburg, NJ, USA; D. 1930-07-28
Athletics (1 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Hammer Throw	silver	4500
		4500

A member of the Princeton Tigers, but Spalding has him representing the New York Athletic Club in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 1973

1904-08-29-14:00? - Athletics - Hammer Throw - second (4500)

Alfons "Fons" De Wolf

B. 1956-06-22, Willebroek, Belgium
Cycling - Road

	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	fourth	2400
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	13th	19.2
		2419.2

Hendrik de Wolf

B. 1893-08-21, Oegstgeest, the Netherlands; D. 1955-12-10
Weightlifting

	1928	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	17th	6
		6

Marcel de Wolf

B. 1919-09-19, represented France
Gymnastics

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	36th	145th	0.00064
Men's Team All-Around	(fourth)	12th	10
Men's Floor Exercise	41st	132nd	-
Men's Horse Vault	68th	135th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	44th	162nd	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	53rd	165th	-
Men's Rings	32nd	137th	0.001
Men's Pommeled Horse	35th	96th	0.00025
			10.00169

Nico de Wolf

Olympic Competitor nr 5208

1912-06-29-19:00 - Football - round one - won (Q)
1912-07-04-15:00 - Football - bronze medal match - won (1280)

André De Wulf

B. 1922-12-12, represented Belgium
Bobsleigh

	1952	HP
Men's Two	18th	3.2
		3.2

Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyestein

B. 1896-07-08, Bruxelles, Belgium; D. 1988-07-19
Modern Pentathlon

	1924	HP
Men's Individual	29th	0.024
		0.024

Written 2000-12-17 - last modified 2024-03-31

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