Roger De Pauw (27 February 1921 – 3 August 2020) was a Belgian

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

. He competed in the

tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which two or more animals, machines, or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. ''Tandem'' can also be used more generally to refer to any group of persons or objects w ...

event at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

. He rode together with Louis Van Schill and finished 5th. In August 2016, he was included in a local exhibition about historical Olympians from

Wilrijk Wilrijk (; former, original spelling: ''Wilrijck'') is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Wilrijk had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp wa ...

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* 1921 births 2020 deaths Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Belgium Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Antwerp 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1920s-stub