Josse "Jos" Broekx (born 14 December 1951) is a Belgian

canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

er who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. Broekx also competed in three

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, but did not advance to the finals in any event he competed. Broekx's best finish was fourth in the semifinal round twice (K-4 1000 m:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

). His brothers

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and Paul Broekx, his brother-in-law Paul Stinckens and his niece

Lize Broekx Lize Broekx (born 5 April 1992) is a Belgian Sprint kayak, sprint canoeist. She competed in the Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres, women's K-1 500 metres and the Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 ...

also competed as canoe sprinters.

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1951 births Belgian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Belgium ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-canoe-bio-stub