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348:List of select Jewish swimmers
281:On 16 September 1921 he set a
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148:1920 Antwerp
95:Medal record
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1303:1979 deaths
1298:1901 births
382:3 September
190:1936 Berlin
1292:Categories
1203:Coppieters
1064:Coppieters
1054:Brandeleer
642:(in Dutch)
359:References
246:water polo
169:1924 Paris
133:Water polo
87:, swimming
85:Water polo
1194:Castelyns
1100:Van Gheem
1082:Malissart
953:Vermetten
619:Olympedia
455:12 August
441:ISHOF.org
377:Olympedia
264:Biography
260:in 1950.
70:, Belgium
68:Ganshoren
53:Amsterdam
1249:Michiels
1212:De Combe
935:Pletincx
889:De Combe
871:M. Blitz
862:G. Blitz
786:Pletincx
740:M. Blitz
731:G. Blitz
535:3 August
317:See also
258:Club Med
203:Swimming
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293:At the
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