Henri Verbrugghe

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Henri Verbrugghe
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Prague K-2 1000 m

Hendrik "Henri" Verbrugghe (Mechelen, 20 July 1929 – Bonheiden, 9 July 2009) was a Belgian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.

Verbrugghe also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-2 1000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.

References[edit]

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rik Verbrugghe (Hendrik Jean "Rik" Verbrugghe)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  • Obituary at Bobbejaan.be at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 July 2011) (in Dutch)