Herman Donners
Belgian water polo player
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Herman Louis Clement Donners (5 August 1888 – 14 May 1915) was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the Belgian water polo team and won a silver and a bronze medal.[2]
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| Born | 5 August 1888 Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 May 1915 (aged 26) Calais, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life and death
Donners was born in Antwerp, Belgium, son of Jean Henri Edmond Donners and his wife Celene Helene Joseph (nee Verspreuwen). He enlisted in the Belgian Army in 1914 and died in Calais, France, of wounds received in action during World War I in May 1915. He is buried in Antwerp.[3] [4]
