Georgette Alphonsine Philomène Vandyck (20 February 1906 - 10 December 1996) was a Belgian track and field athlete, being active during the 1920s. She was specialized in the field events (discus throw, javelin throw and shot put). She also played football.[1][2]

Georgette Vandyck
Personal information
Full nameGeorgette Alphonsine Philomène Vandyck
NationalityBelgian
Born(1906-02-20)20 February 1906
Brussels, Belgium
Died10 December 1996(1996-12-10) (aged 90)
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
Event(s)discus throw, javelin throw, shot put
ClubSporting Club Anderlecht
Brussels Femina Club

Vandyck was four times national champion, was Belgian record holder in multiple events and represented Belgium internationally.

Sports career

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Vandyck was a member of Sporting Club Anderlecht. As a member of Brussels Femina Club she played football. She played as a defender.[2]

In 1921 Vandyck set the Belgian national record shot put on 7.558 meter (one hand) and 13.42 meter (both hands). In 1922 she was also national record holder in the javelin throw: 16.18 meter (one hand) and 29.68 metre (both hands) and also in the shot put with 14.01 meter.[3][2]

At the 1922 Belgian Athletics Championships she became national champion in the shot put and javelin throw. In August 1922 Vandyck represented Belgium at the 1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions, the earliest Belgian women’s athletics competition in Brussels, where she set also two new Belgian records in the javelin throw and shot put. With a throw of 20.45 meter she won the javelin throw ahead of Florence Birchenough. She lost from Florence Birchenough in the shot put, but her with her score of 8.04 meter she finished ahead of Belgian Alice De Pauw and had another national record.[4]

In later years she became again national champion in the javelin throw in 1923 and 1924.[3][2] In 1923 she broke the national records in the discus throw with both hands (47.09 meter) and later the year also with one hand (27.17 meter).

Vandyck was selected to represent Belgium at the 1924 Women's Olympiad in London for the discus throw and javelin throw events.[5] In 1925 she competed in at the 1925 Brussels international women's athletics competitions and finished second in the javlin throw behind British Halina Konopacka .[6] Later the year she represented Belgium at the 1925 Belgium–France women's athletics competition where she won the javelin throw (both hands) in a new Belgian record of 38.54 m.[7] She was the only Belgian athlete to win a discipline during this event.[7] Later the year she set the Belgian record to 42.21 meter.[3][2]

References

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  1. Register of the civil status of Anderlecht, birth certificate 203, 23 February 1906
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Georgette Vandyck". La Dernière Heure. 18 January 1926.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 100 jaar Belgische atletiek, KBAB, 1989
  4. "Vrouwen-athletiek". De Avondpost (in Dutch). 29 August 1922 – via Delpher.
  5. "Wederlandsche sportvrouwen meeting te Stamford-Bridge". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 4 August 1924. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
  6. "Der Brusselds F.C. een groot sukses" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 6 July 1925. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "De vrouwenwedstrijd België-Frankrijk | De onze ondergaan eene verpletterende nederlaag". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 3 August 1925. p. 1-2 – via Delpher.