Victor Verschueren
Encyclopedia
Victor Abel Verschueren (born 19 April 1893, date of death unknown) was a Belgian
bobsledder and ice hockey
player who competed during the early 1920s.
At the 1924 Winter Olympics
in Chamonix
he won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh event. He was also a member of the Belgian ice hockey team which was eliminated in the first round of the 1924 Olympic tournament
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Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
bobsledder and ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who competed during the early 1920s.
At the 1924 Winter Olympics
1924 Winter Olympics
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France...
in Chamonix
Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
he won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh event. He was also a member of the Belgian ice hockey team which was eliminated in the first round of the 1924 Olympic tournament
Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, an ice hockey tournament was contested. The competition was held from Monday, January 28, 1924 to Sunday, February 3, 1924. Canada defended their championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics...
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