Charles Georges "Carlos" Van den Driessche (31 August 1901 – 14 May 1972) was a Belgian ice hockey player and rower.[1] As a hockey player he won a bronze medal at the 1924 European Championships[2] and finished seventh and thirteenth at the 1924 and 1936 Winter Olympics, respectively.[3]

Carlos Van den Driessche

Personal information
Birth name	Charles Georges Van den Driessche
Born	31 August 1901 Brussels, Belgium
Died	14 May 1972 (aged 70)
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing, ice hockey
Club	CRB, Bruxelles BIHC, Bruxelles
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's ice hockey Ice Hockey European Championships 1924 Milan Team Men's rowing European Rowing Championships 1929 Bydgoszcz Single sculls

As a rower he competed in the coxless pairs at the 1928 Summer Olympics, together with the fellow ice hockey player Philippe Van Volckxsom, but failed to reach the final.[3] He won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Louis Strauwen at the 1929 European Rowing Championships.[4]

Van den Driessche served as the president of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation in 1949–1951, 1953–1955 and 1960–1965.[5]

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