Gérard Higny
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Born | Liège, Belgium | 20 August 1931||||||||||
Died | 7 February 1997[1] | (aged 65)||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||
Club | Union Nautique de Liege | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Gérard Higny (20 August 1931 – 7 February 1997) was a Belgian rower. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event, with Jean-Marie Lemaire and Michel De Meulemeester, and finished in sixth and ninth place, respectively.[2] Higny won a bronze medal at the 1957 European Championships, together with Henri Steenacker.[3]
References[]
- ^ Gérard Higny's obituary (in French)
- ^ Gérard Higny. sports-reference.com
- ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier). sport-komplett.de
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 1997 deaths
- Belgian male rowers
- Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers of Belgium
- Sportspeople from Liège
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- Belgian rowing biography stubs