Jean Delori

Jean Delori
Personal information
Born(1874-07-25)25 July 1874
Ghent, Belgium
Died23 November 1952(1952-11-23) (aged 78)
Ghent, Belgium
Sport
SportFencing
ClubSint-Michielsgilde

Jean Delori (25 July 1874 — 23 November 1952) was a Belgian foil fencer and managing director.[1]

Delori competed as at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the open foil event. This event was held a demonstration event.[1] In 1910 he won with the Sint-Michielsgilde team the "Poule nationale par équipe de 6 tireurs" international fencing competition held at the gardens of the Royal Galleries of Ostend. The team consisted of the fencers: Albert Feyerick, Isidore De Vriendt, Jean Delori, Georges Van Wassenhove, Jules Maes and Alberic Rolin.[2]

Delori was a managing director of the Clouterie et Tréfilerie des Flandres during the Interbellum.[3]

In Gentbrugge the street Delorilaan is named after him.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jean Delori". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Het edelsmeedwerk uit het patrimonium van de Koninklijke en Ridderlijke Hoofdgilde van Sint-Michiel te Gent" (in Dutch). 1910. Retrieved 2 August 2022 – via Beeldbank Kusterfgoed.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Steel in progres" (PDF) (in Dutch). 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2022 – via bib.kuleuven.be.
  4. ↑ "Lijst van de straten met een persoonsnaam - Stad Gent". Ghendtsche Tydinghen (in Dutch). 1991. Retrieved 2 August 2022.