Flore De Raedt
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field athletics |
| Event(s) | Sprint, hurdles |
Flore De Raedt was a Belgian athletics pioneer specialized in the sprint, being active during the early era of women's athletics in Belgium. De Raedt was three times national champion, national record holder and was a member of the first Belgian national team.
Sports career
[change | change source]At the Belgian Athletics Championships the first women's events were organized in 1921. In July five events for women were contested and two of them were won by De Raedt.[1] With a time of 11.5 seconds she won the 80 metres ahead of Henriette Vandaelen and she became also national chamion in the 300 metres with a time of 49.4 seconds.[2]
She became a member of the earliest Belgian national team, competing at the 1921 Belgium–France women's athletics match in Schaerbeek on 28 August 1921.[3]
In 1922 she became again national champion in the 80 metres. She won with a time of 11.0 seconds that was a new national record. In the 83 metres hurdles she finished second behind Henriette Vandaelen.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 100 jaar Belgische atletiek, KBAB, 1989
- ↑ "Athletiek". NRC (in Dutch). 11 July 1921 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Frankrijk-Belgie (vrouwen) op het plein der C. S. Schaerbeek". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 29 August 1921. p. 2 – via uurl.kbr.be.
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