Herman Donners
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 August 1888 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 14 May 1915 (aged 26) Calais, France |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Water polo |
Medal record | |
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Herman Louis Clement Donners (5 August 1888 – 14 May 1915) was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the Belgian water polo team and won a silver and a bronze medal.[2]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Donners was born in Antwerp, Belgium, son of Jean Henri Edmond Donners and his wife Celene Helene Joseph (nee Verspreuwen). He enlisted in the Belgian Army in 1914 and died in Calais, France, of wounds received in action during World War I in May 1915. He is buried in Antwerp.[3] [4]
See also
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External links
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Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1915 deaths
- Belgian male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players for Belgium
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Belgian military personnel killed in World War I
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players from Antwerp
- Belgian Army personnel of World War I
- 20th-century Belgian people
- Belgian Olympic medalist stubs
- Belgian water polo biography stubs