Charles de Vendeville

Charles de Vaudeville ( born March 8, 1882 in Lesquin, Nord, France, † September 19, 1914 in Reims, Marne département ) was a French water polo players and swimmers.

He took part in the Summer Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, the capital of his native country, in part. There he lost with the French water polo team Tritons Lilloise in the quarterfinals 12-0 to eventual Olympic champion, the British Osborne Swimming Club, and thus different from.

In underwater swimming but he could on August 12, 60 meters back down and at the same time to stay underwater for 68.4 seconds. In the combination, he thereby received 188.4 points, which earned him the first place and thus the gold medal.