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Victor Boin (28 February 1886 – 31 March 1974) was a Belgian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, and épée fencer who competed at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]

Victor Boin

Victor Boin in 1922
Personal information
Born	28 February 1886 Brussels, Belgium
Died	31 March 1974 (aged 88) Brussels, Belgium
Sport
Sport	Water polo, fencing, swimming
Medal record Representing  Belgium Olympic Games Water polo 1908 London Team competition 1912 Stockholm Team competition Fencing 1920 Antwerp Team epée

Olympics

Boin was part of the Belgian water polo teams that finished second in 1908 and third in 1912. In 1908 he also participated in the 100 metre freestyle swimming competition, but was eliminated in the first round.[2]

As a fencer he finished fourth in the individual épée competition in 1912. In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the individual épée event, but won a silver medal in the team épée event.[2]

Boin took the first ever Olympic Oath at the 1920 Games in Antwerp, where he was also the Belgium flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. Later, between 1955 and 1965, he served as president of the Belgian Olympic Committee.[2][3]

Other activities

Boin was also active in ice skating, flying, ice hockey, and motorcycle racing. In 1903, aged 17, he founded the first Belgian ice hockey club and became its first president.[2][3]

Boin worked as a sports journalist, theater critic and sports official. In 1912 he founded the Belgian Professional Association of Sports Journalists, and headed it from 1923 to 1935.[3] In 1924 he co-founded the International Sports Journalists' Association; he served as its first vice-president, and later became its president.[2]

During World War I he joined the Belgian Air Force, eventually becoming the personal pilot of Queen Elisabeth.[2][3]

See also

• Belgium men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

References

Bibliography

• Duweiz, Yves (June 2000). "Victor Boin - Jacques Ochs: Deux hommes de leur temps" [Victor Boin - Jacques Ochs: Two Men of Their Time]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (87): 48–53. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics - 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. pp. 607, 1050.

External links

• Media related to Victor Boin at Wikimedia Commons
• Victor Boin at Olympics.com
• Victor Boin at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Victor Boin

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[es] Victor Boin

Victor Boin (Bruselas, 28 de febrero de 1886- Bruselas, 31 de marzo de 1974) fue un deportista belga que compitió en waterpolo y en esgrima.

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[fr] Victor Boin

Victor Boin (Anvers, 28 février 1886 – Bruxelles, 31 mars 1974) est un athlète multisport de Belgique.

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[it] Victor Boin

Victor C. Boin (Burcht, 28 febbraio 1886 – Bruxelles, 31 marzo 1974) è stato un pallanuotista, nuotatore e schermidore belga.

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[ru] Буан, Виктор

Виктор Буан[4][5][6] (фр. Victor Boin; 28 февраля 1886, Бюрхт — 31 марта 1974, Брюссель) — бельгийский ватерполист, пловец и фехтовальщик, призёр летних Олимпийских игр. Впервые произнёс Олимпийскую клятву на Олимпийских играх 1920[7].

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