Gustave Wuyts

Gustave Marius L. Wuyts (* February 27, 1903, † 13 January 1979) was a Belgian Tauzieher. At the Olympic Summer Games 1920 in the north of Belgium Antwerp Wuyts won together with Edouard Bourguignon, Alphonse Ducatillon, Rémy Maertens, Christian Piek, Henri Pintens, Charles Van Den Broeck and François Van Hoorenbeek the bronze medal in last Tauziehwettbewerb the Olympic Games.

In the 17th and on August 18, 1920 held competition (officially called Lutte à la Corde ) joined the eight-man team to probably in the first match against the U.S. team. It is only known that Wuyts and his team were able to prevail against the North Americans. Probably the second duel took place against the eventual Olympic champion from the United Kingdom. The official Olympic report states that the British team at the City of London Police by 29.4 and 38 seconds with 2-0 won against Belgium. Henk Janssen indicates that the Belgians would then refrain from pulling against the Dutch team to the silver medal; by the withdrawal of Italy was the Belgians to Wuyts winning the bronze medal already secure. The Dutch were finally able to convince them of a drag to silver or bronze, the Belgian team. After 63.4 and 123 seconds, the Dutch decided the duel 2-0 for itself, so Wuyts won the Olympic bronze medal.

In addition, Wuyts took at the games in 1920 in the contest in the shot put. With a length of 11,045 meters, he finished in the qualifying round to 18th place among 20 participants. His personal best at this time was at 12.18 m.