Jean-Pierre Vermetten (6 February 1895 – December 1977) was a Belgian freestyle

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player who competed in the

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and in the

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. In 1920 he was a member of the Belgian freestyle relay team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay event. Four years later, he won the silver medal with the Belgian water polo team. He played four matches and scored one goal.

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* * 1895 births 1977 deaths Belgian male water polo players Olympic swimmers for Belgium Olympic water polo players for Belgium Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Antwerp Belgian male freestyle swimmers {{Belgium-swimming-bio-stub

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