Pays de Mortange, Charles Ferdinand (Jr.)

Charles Ferdinand Pay de Mortanges ( Fr. Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges , May 13, 1896 , The Hague - April 7, 1971 , The Hague) - Dutch athlete, four - time Olympic champion . Grandson of Charles Ferdinand Pay de Mortange (Sr.) - Dutch statesman.

Charles Ferdinand Pay de Mortange
Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
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Awards and medals Horseback Riding Olympic Games Gold Paris 1924 Team Eventing Gold Amsterdam 1928 Team Eventing Gold Amsterdam 1928 Individual Eventing Gold Los Angeles 1932 Individual Eventing Silver Los Angeles 1932 Team Eventing

In 1924 he became the Olympic champion in triathlon as part of the Netherlands national team, in individual competitions he became the fourth. In 1928, he made a gold double in his homeland, winning gold in the individual and team championships of triathletes. In 1932, in Los Angeles, he was again the strongest triathlete in the individual championship. The 1936 Games in Berlin were held for the athlete without winning medals. Until 2004, Payou de Mortange remained the Dutch champion in the number of Olympic medals won.

Pail de Mortange was a professional military man, during the Second World War he participated in hostilities in the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and was awarded military awards. Then he continued his army service and retired in 1967 with the rank of brigadier general. In 1946 - 1967 He was a member of the International Olympic Committee , in 1946 - 1951 and 1959 - 1961 . headed the Netherlands Olympic Committee .