Emile Sweron

Emile Sweron
Sweron in 1884
Personal information
Born(1864-01-27)27 January 1864
Ixelles, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
Royale Union Vélocipédique Louvaniste
Major wins
Belgian National Road Race Championships (1884)

Emile Sweron (born 27 January 1864) was a Belgian road cyclist during the 1880s. He was a pioneer in the earliest era of Belgian road cycling and co-founder of the cycling club Union Velocipédique Louvaniste.[1] He won many national and international races, including the 1884 Belgian National Road Race Championships.

Biography

Personal life

Sweron was born in Ixelles, in 1864.[1] He studied agronomy at Institut Agronomique.[2][3]

Cycling

He founded together with Joseph Delin the cycling club Union Velocipédique Louvaniste on 22 September 1882.[4] It was the first cycling club of Leuven.[5] The association played a pioneering role in the early days of Belgian cycling and had a signifcant role in the foundation, among others, of the Paris–Brussels cycling classic. It would receive the designation royal.[4][6]

Sweron was one of the main cyclists of his era, with 1884 his best year.[7] He was the winner of the 1884 Belgian National Road Race Championships on 7 September in Ostend,[8] receiving 100 Belgian francs and a gold medal.[9] Also in 1884, he won an international race in Antwerp in August and races in Ostend.[10][11]

In 1886, he won an international race in Liège,[12] and in 1887 he won two silver medals at the Belgian National Road Race Championships. He finished second in July in Ostend in the 10,000m velocipede championships and in August he finished second in the 5,000m tricycle championships.[13][14]

Results

1884
1st place, gold medalist(s) Belgian National Road Race Championships
1st Ixelles[15]
1st Antwerp international race[10]
1st Ostend, 2100m race[11]
1st Ostend, 50m race[11]
1885
2nd Spa[1]
1st Tournai[1]
1st Antwerp (Warande) (3000m)[16]
2nd Warande (2000m; tricycle tandems) together with Wilrickx[16]
2nd Maastricht international speed race (behind Emile De Beukelaer)[17]
2nd Maastricht, international long distance race[17]
2nd Maastricht, international 6000m handicap race[17]
1886
1st Liège international race[12]
2nd Liege (long distance)[12]
2x 1st Antwerp Bicycle Club, course vélocipédiques[18]
2nd International race Antwerp Bicycle Club (1607m)[19]
1887
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Belgian National Road Race Championships (10000m velocipede)[13]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Belgian National Road Race Championships (5000m tricycle)[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wielrenner Emile Sweron". Retro Cycling. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Institut Agronomique". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 19 August 1884. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
  3. ↑ "Institut Agronomique. Examens". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 10 August 1885. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
  4. 1 2 "50e anniversaire de la Royale Union Vélocipédique Louvaniste (U.V.L.)". La Dernière Heure (in French). 17 September 1922. p. 4 – via BelgicaPress.
  5. ↑ Herpelinck, Fran (2013-08-30). Het fenomeen Poeske Scherens. SALSA!-Cahiers (in Dutch). Vol. 10. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-429-3029-2.
  6. ↑ "Le XLe anniversaire de la "Ligue Vélocipédique Belge"". La Dernière Heure (in French). 1 October 1922. p. 5 – via BelgicaPress.
  7. ↑ "Une conversation". La Meuse (in French). 28 November 1891. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress. ...de 1884, le temps ou les Sweron, Les Wirix, Les Delin, les De Beukelaer, etc. se disputaient les courses, a cette epoque...
  8. ↑ "Un des fondateurs de la L. V. B." La Dernière Heure (in French). 17 September 1922. p. 4 – via BelgicaPress.
  9. ↑ "Courses Velocipediques d'Ostende". La Réforme (in French). 8 September 1884. p. 3 – via BelgicaPress.
  10. 1 2 "Faits divers". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 15 August 1884 – via BelgicaPress.
  11. 1 2 3 "Courses vélocipediques d'Ostende". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 10 September 1884 – via BelgicaPress.
  12. 1 2 3 "Courses internationales de Velocipedes". La Meuse (in French). 18 August 1886. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
  13. 1 2 Capon, Michel (2010). "Het 4e Belgische kampioenschap wielrennen in Oostende" (PDF). vliz.be (in Dutch). p. 114-216.
  14. 1 2 "Courses internationales velocipediques". La Meuse (in French). 8 August 1887. p. 114-216 – via BelgicaPress.
  15. ↑ "Inauguration du champs de courses velocipediques d'Ixelles". La Meuse (in French). 18 August 1884. p. 3 – via BelgicaPress.
  16. 1 2 "Velocipidenkoers". Het Handelsblad (in Dutch). 23 August 1885. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
  17. 1 2 3 "Fetes de Maestricht". La Meuse (in French). 11 May 1885. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
  18. ↑ "A Anvers". La Réforme (in French). 11 August 1886. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
  19. ↑ "Stadsnieuws". Het Handelsblad (in Dutch). 10 August 1886. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
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