Nicolaas Moerloos
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 | 1920 Antwerp | Team, European system |
Nicolaas Moerloos (10 August 1900 – 5 September 1944) was a Belgian gymnast and weightlifter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sint-Niklaas and died in Belsele. In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the Belgian gymnastics team in the European system event. Four years later he finished twelfth in the featherweight weightlifting competition at the 1924 Games.[1]
He was killed during World War II, as a resistant in an encounter with Germans towards the end of the war.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Nicolaas Moerloos". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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