Joseph Pletincx
![]() Joseph Pletincx in 1922 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 June 1888 |
| Died | 4 January 1971 (aged 82) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Water polo |
Joseph Pletincx[1] (13 June 1888 – 4 January 1971) was a Belgian water polo player.[2] He competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920, and 1924 Summer Olympics and won three silver and one bronze medals, becoming one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ the IOC medal database reports his name Pletincx, many other sources, also Belgians, spell his name with k
- ↑ "Joseph Pletincx". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ↑ "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
- ↑ Joseph Pletinckx. sports-reference.com
External links
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- Joseph Pletinckx at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Joseph Pletinckx at Olympics.com
- Joseph Pletinckx at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1971 deaths
- Belgian male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players for Belgium
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Belgian people
- Belgian Olympic medalist stubs
- Belgian water polo biography stubs
