Louis De Ridder

Louis De Ridder

De Ridder in 1922
Personal information
Born	9 June 1902 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	5 May 1981 (aged 78)
Sport
Sport	Ice hockey, ice speed skating, roller speed skating, bobsleigh
Club	CSHB, Brussels
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m – 52.8 (1924) 1500 m – 3:01.8 (1924) 5000 m – 10:35.2 (1925)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Ice Hockey European Championships 1924 Milan Team 1927 Vienna Team European Roller Speed Skating Championships - Road 1930 Antwerp 1000 m 1930 Antwerp 10000 m 1930 Antwerp 25000 m

Louis De Ridder (9 June 1902 – 5 May 1981) was a Belgian athlete who competed in ice hockey, speed skating and bobsleigh at the 1924 and 1936 Winter Olympics. His best achievement was fifth place in the four-man bobsleigh event in 1936. As a speed skater, he placed 19th in both the 500 m and 1500 m events in 1924. He was part of the Belgian ice hockey teams that finished 7th and 13th in 1924 and 1936, respectively.^[1] He won two medals at the Ice Hockey European Championships in 1924 and 1927. In 1930 he represented Belgium at the first recorded and recognised European Roller Speed Skating Championships on the road in his home town of Anvers (Antwerp) where he took the gold medal in all three events, the 1000 m, 10000 m and 25000 m.^[2]

References

External links

• Louis De Ridder at EliteProspects.com
• Louis De Ridder at Eurohockey.com
• Louis De Ridder in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Louis De Ridder at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Louis De Ridder at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Louis De Ridder at Olympics.com
• Louis De Ridder at Olympedia
• 1924 speed skating men's 500 m results
• 1924 speed skating men's 1500 m results
• 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
• 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(in German) – p. 414.
• Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Ice Hockey". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 563. (shown as "de Ridder")