Aurèle Vandendriessche
Vandendriessche in 1964 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1932-07-04)4 July 1932 Anzegem, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 October 2023(2023-10-17) (aged 91) Waregem, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
Club | Waregem AC | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best | 2:17:44 (1965)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aurèle Vandendriessche (4 July 1932 – 17 October 2023) was a Belgian marathon runner, who won silver medals at the 1962 and 1966 European Championships. He competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics with the best result of seventh place in 1964.[1] Twice winner of the Boston Marathon (1963 and 1964), he recorded his best time there, 2:17:44 in 1965, while finishing fourth.[3]
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila, followed barefoot at the rear of the lead pack, which was moving at a scorching pace and included Arthur Keily, Bakir Benaïssa, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam who was the reigning world cross-country champion, Bertie Messitt, the marathon world record holder Sergey Popov, and Vandendriessche.[4] Bikila won, setting a world record at 2:15:16.2. After they dispatched the rest of the field by 25 kilometers, Abdesselam stayed with Bikila until the final 500 meters, finishing second in 2:15:41.6. Vandendriessche abandoned the race. He placed seventh at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Bikila won again with a new world record.[1]
Vandendriessche died in Waregem on 17 October 2023, at the age of 91.[5]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1962 | European Championships | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | 2nd | Marathon | 2:24:02.0 |
1963 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:18:58 |
1964 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:19:59 |
1965 | Enschede Marathon | Enschede, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:21:16 |
Košice Peace Marathon | Košice, Czechoslovakia | 1st | Marathon | 2:23:47 | |
1966 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Marathon | 2:21:43.6 |
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aurèle Vandendriessche". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Auréle van den Driessche. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Boston Marathon History: 1961–1965 Archived 3 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Maraniss, David (2008). Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781416534075. OCLC 214066042. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Aurèle Vandendriessche". Vanhoutteghem Funerals. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
External links
- Media related to Aurèle Vandendriessche at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1928 Louis Crooy and Victor Groenen
- 1929 Georges Ronsse
- 1930 Hyacinte Roosen
- 1931 René Milhoux and Jules Tacheny
- 1932 not awarded
- 1933 Jef Scherens
- 1934 Union SG
- 1935 Count Arnold de Looz-Corswarem
- 1936 Ernest Demuyter
- 1937 Joseph Mostert
- 1938 Hubert Carton de Wiart
- 1939 Commandant Henry de Menten de Horne
- 1940 Fernande Caroen
- 1941 Jan Guilini
- 1942 Pol Braekman
- 1943 Prince Albert de Ligne
- 1944 not awarded
- 1945 Flying personnel of the Belgian Royal Air Force-section
- 1946 Gaston Reiff
- 1947 Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet
- 1948 Étienne Gailly
- 1949 Feru Moulin
- 1950 Briek Schotte
- 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx
- 1952 André Noyelle
- 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and Mrs. Van de Wielle and Fred Debels)
- 1954 Adolph Verschueren
- 1955 Roger Moens
- 1956 Gilberte Thirion
- 1957 Jacques Brichant and Philippe Washer
- 1958 René Baeten
- 1959 Belgium men's national field hockey team
- 1960 Flory Van Donck
- 1961 Rik Van Looy
- 1962 Gaston Roelants
- 1963 Aurèle Vandendriessche
- 1964 Joël Robert
- 1965 First jachtwing of the Belgian Air Component
- 1966 Raymond Ceulemans
- 1967 Ferdinand Bracke and Eddy Merckx
- 1968 Jacky Ickx
- 1969 Serge Reding
- 1970 Freddy Herbrand
- 1971 Emiel Puttemans
- 1972 Karel Lismont
- 1973 Roger De Coster
- 1974 Paul Van Himst
- 1975 Jean-Pierre Burny
- 1976 Ivo Van Damme
- 1977 Gaston Rahier
- 1978 Anderlecht
- 1979 Robert Van de Walle
- 1980 Belgium national football team
- 1981 Annie Lambrechts
- 1982 Ingrid Berghmans
- 1983 Eddy Annys
- 1984 André Malherbe
- 1985 not awarded
- 1986 William Van Dijck
- 1987 Ingrid Lempereur
- 1988 Eric Geboers
- 1989 Michel Preud'homme
- 1990 Jan Ceulemans
- 1991 Jean-Michel Saive
- 1992 Annelies Bredael
- 1993 Vincent Rousseau
- 1994 Brigitte Becue
- 1995 Fred Deburghgraeve
- 1996 Johan Museeuw
- 1997 Luc Van Lierde
- 1998 Ulla Werbrouck
- 1999 Gella Vandecaveye
- 2000 Joël Smets
- 2001 Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin
- 2002 Marc Wilmots
- 2003 Stefan Everts
- 2004 Axel Merckx
- 2005 Tom Boonen
- 2006 Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut
- 2007 Belgian Women's 4×100 metres relay team
- 2008 not awarded
- 2009 Philippe Gilbert
- 2010 Philippe Le Jeune
- 2011 Kevin Borlée
- 2012 Evi Van Acker
- 2013 Frederik Van Lierde
- 2014 Daniel Van Buyten
- 2015 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team
- 2016 Nafissatou Thiam
- 2017 David Goffin
- 2018 Nina Derwael
- 2019 Belgium men's national field hockey team
- 2020 Wout van Aert
- 2021 Bashir Abdi
- 2022 Remco Evenepoel
- 2023 Bart Swings
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