Aurèle Vandendriessche

Aurèle Vandendriessche ( born July 4, 1932 in Anzegem ) is a former Belgian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon.

From 1956 to 1964 he was nine. Consecutive national champion in the marathon or the 30 - km road race In 1961 he was also Belgian champion over 10,000 m.

In 1956, he came at the Olympic Games in Melbourne on the 24th Place. Two years later he was at the European Athletics Championships 1958 in Stockholm eleventh. In 1960 he gave up at the Olympic Games in Rome.

In 1962 he won the Paderborn Easter Run over 25 miles and won silver at the European Championships in Belgrade. On October 3, he put in Waregem with 1:34:41,2 h on a world record in the 30,000 - meter track running. The following year he won the Boston Marathon and was third in Asahi Marathon.

In 1964, he defended his title in Boston and was seventh at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In the following season he was with his personal best of 2:17:44 h fourth in Boston and won the Enschede Marathon and the Kosice Marathon. At the European Championships in Budapest, he took another silver.

1965 and 1966 he won at the Route du Vin.