Benoit Piessens (10 April 1913 – ?) was a Belgian

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. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in

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with the men's double sculls where they were eliminated in the semi-final.

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1913 births Year of death missing Belgian male rowers Olympic rowers for Belgium Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Belgium-rowing-bio-stub