Carlos Van den Driessche

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 nameCharles Georges Van den Driessche
Born31 August 1901
Brussels, Belgium
Died14 May 1972 (aged 70)
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
SportRowing, ice hockey
ClubCRB, Bruxelles
BIHC, Bruxelles
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's ice hockey
Ice Hockey European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1924 MilanTeam
Men's rowing
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 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]

See also

References
  1. "Carlos Van den Driessche". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. Malolepszy, Tomasz (2013). European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910. Scarecrow Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8108-8782-4.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Van den Driessche". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine sport-komplett.de
  5. Presidents of the Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. rbihf.be
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