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 Sweron in 1884 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 January 1864 Ixelles, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| Royale Union Vélocipédique Louvaniste | |
| Major wins | |
| Belgian National Road Race Championships (1884) | |
Emile Sweron (born 27 January 1864) was a Belgian road cyclist during the 1880s. He was a pioneer in the earliest era of Belgian road cycling and co-founder of the cycling club Union Velocipédique Louvaniste.[1] He won many national and international races, including the 1884 Belgian National Road Race Championships.
Biography
editPersonal life
editCycling
editHe founded together with Joseph Delin the cycling club Union Velocipédique Louvaniste on 22 September 1882.[4] It was the first cycling club of Leuven.[5] The association played a pioneering role in the early days of Belgian cycling and had a signifcant role in the foundation of among others the famous cycling classic Paris–Brussels. It would receive the designation royal.[4][6]
Sweron is named as one of the main cyclists from his era, with his best year 1884.[7] He was the winner of the 1884 Belgian National Road Race Championships on 7 September in Ostend.[8] The prize was 100 Belgian franc and a gold medal.[9] He also won that year other national and internationl prizes, including winning an international race in Antwerp in August 1884 and races in Ostend.[10][11]
Also later year he had several more achievements, including winning the international race in Liège in 1886.[12]
In 1887 he won two times a silver medal at Belgian National Road Race Championships. He finished second in July in Ostend in the 10000m velocipede championships and in August he finished second in the 5000m tricycle championships.[13][14]
Results
edit- 1884
Belgian National Road Race Championships- 1st Ixelles[15]
- 1st Antwerp international race[10]
- 1st Ostend, 2100m race[11]
- 1st Ostend, 50m race[11]
- 1885
- 2nd Spa[1]
- 1st Tournai[1]
- 1st Antwerp (Warande) (3000m)[16]
- 2nd Warande (2000m; tricycle tandems) together with Wilrickx[16]
- 2nd Maastricht international speed race (behind Emile De Beukelaer)[17]
- 2nd Maastricht, international long distance race[17]
- 2nd Maastricht, international 6000m handicap race[17]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Wielrenner Emile Sweron". Retro Cycling. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
- ↑ "Institut Agronomique". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 19 August 1884. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "Institut Agronomique. Examens". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 10 August 1885. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 "50e anniversaire de la Royale Union Vélocipédique Louvaniste (U.V.L.)". La Dernière Heure (in French). 17 September 1922. p. 4 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ Herpelinck, Fran (2013-08-30). Het fenomeen Poeske Scherens. SALSA!-Cahiers (in Dutch). Vol. 10. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-429-3029-2.
- ↑ "Le XLe anniversaire de la "Ligue Vélocipédique Belge"". La Dernière Heure (in French). 1 October 1922. p. 5 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "Une conversation". La Meuse (in French). 28 November 1891. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
...de 1884, le temps ou les Sweron, Les Wirix, Les Delin, les De Beukelaer, etc. se disputaient les courses, a cette epoque...
- ↑ "Un des fondateurs de la L. V. B." La Dernière Heure (in French). 17 September 1922. p. 4 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "Courses Velocipediques d'Ostende". La Réforme (in French). 8 September 1884. p. 3 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 "Faits divers". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 15 August 1884 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 3 "Courses vélocipediques d'Ostende". L'Echo du Parlement (in French). 10 September 1884 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 3 "Courses internationales de Velocipedes". La Meuse (in French). 18 August 1886. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 Capon, Michel (2010). "Het 4e Belgische kampioenschap wielrennen in Oostende" (PDF). vliz.be (in Dutch). p. 114-216.
- 1 2 "Courses internationales velocipediques". La Meuse (in French). 8 August 1887. p. 114-216 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "Inauguration du champs de courses velocipediques d'Ixelles". La Meuse (in French). 18 August 1884. p. 3 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 "Velocipidenkoers". Het Handelsblad (in Dutch). 23 August 1885. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
- 1 2 3 "Fetes de Maestricht". La Meuse (in French). 11 May 1885. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "A Anvers". La Réforme (in French). 11 August 1886. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "Stadsnieuws". Het Handelsblad (in Dutch). 10 August 1886. p. 2 – via BelgicaPress.
Category:1864 births Category:Year of death missing Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:People from Ixelles Category:Cyclists from Brussels