Fernand Feyearts (1880 – 11 July 1927 in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

) was a Belgian

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and

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player who competed for

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at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from ...

and the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were o ...

, winning a silver medal in each. Between 1898 and 1900, Feyearts was one of the main people responsible for the development of

, and in 1900, his club the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, traveled to

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, to compete in the

, after beating French clubs in the first two rounds, his team met the Osbourne Swimming Club who were representing

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in the final, but unfortunately in front of 5000 spectators they lost 2–7, so he won a silver medal. Feyearts was back at the Olympics eight years later competing for

, at the

being held in

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, in the first round Belgium beat the Netherlands 8–1, with Feyearts scoring six of those goals, in the next round they beat Sweden 8–4, with Feyearts scoring another point, so again they had reached the final and again they were against

, but again he had to settle for silver medal as they were beaten 2–9, Feyearts scored again and was the tournaments top scorer. Feyearts also competed in the

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at the

, but failed to finish in the top two, so didn't qualify for the next round. Feyearts became a volunteer during

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, but in 1917 he was severely wounded and ten years later died of those injuries in 1927.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feyaerts, Fernand 1880 births 1927 deaths Belgian male freestyle swimmers Belgian male water polo players Olympic swimmers for Belgium Olympic water polo players for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brussels Belgian male long-distance swimmers Place of birth missing

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