Max Houben
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| Event | 100 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | RCA Spa | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 100 m – 10.8 (1920)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Max Houben (5 May 1898 – 10 February 1949) was a Belgian versatile athlete who competed from the early 1920s until his death at the
Athletics career
Houben was national champion in the 100 m. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the 200 m event and the semifinals of the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Houben later switched to bobsleigh, in which he competed at the 1928–1948 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Belgian to take part in both Winter and Summer Olympics.[1]
Bobsleigh career
At the Winter Olympics, Houben earned his best finish prior to World War II of fifth in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. After the war, he earned two medals at the 1947 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a silver in the four-man and a bronze in the two-man event. He won his only Olympic medal in the four-man event the following year, also in St. Moritz.[1]
Other sports
Houben played
Death
Houben died during a practice run at the
Following the accident the community of Lake Placid donated a trophy to the FIBT to be presented to the two-man bobsleigh world champions and named it in honor of Houben.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Max Houben. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Max Houben". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
- ^ Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc. congratulates USA on World Championship successes. bodynbobsled.com. March 3, 2012
External links
- 1932 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964[dead link]
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- Humo magazine article on Houben – accessed 29 July 2007 (in Dutch)
- "The Secret of Shady Corner". Time Magazine. 7 March 1949. Archived from the originalon 16 February 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2008. – Accessed 29 July 2007.
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896–1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558–60.
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