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René Joannes-Powell

René Joannes-Powell

Belgian hurdler

René Michel Emile Joannes-Powell (11 February 1896 – 11 May 1940) was a Belgian hurdler.[1]

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He had played football for FC Liege until in 1910 he joined in a cross-country run that led him to branch out into track and field sports.[2] He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]

In later life active as a sports journalist, he was killed as a spectator in the deliberate destruction of a bridge in Liège to stop the German invasion of Belgium during World War II.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "René Joannes-Powell". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "René Powell - Slachtoffer van den Oorlog" [René Powell - Victim of the War]. Het Laatste Nieuws. 8 July 1940.
  3. [3]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "René Joannes-Powell Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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