Lode Wouters

Lode Wouters
Personal information
Born(1929-05-27)27 May 1929
Kwaadmechelen, Belgium
Died25 March 2014(2014-03-25) (aged 84)
Geel, Belgium
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  BEL
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Team road race
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Individual road race

Lode Alphonse Wouters (27 May 1929 – 25 March 2014) was a Belgian cyclist. He was born in Kwaadmechelen, Belgium.[1] He competed for Belgium in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the individual road race event where he finished in third place.[2] He also led the Belgian team of Léon Delathouwer and Eugène van Roosbroeck to the gold medal in the team road race.[2] He died in March 2014 in Geel.

  1. ^ "Ex-wielrenner en olympisch medaillewinnaar Louis Wouters overleden" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lode Wouters". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2014.