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Full name
  
Emile De Beukelaer

Discipline
  
Road


Name
  
Emile Beukelaer

Role
  
Cyclist

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Born
  
21 May 1865 (
1865-05-21
)

Died
  
January 21, 1922, Antwerp, Belgium

Emile De Beukelaer (25 July 1865–23 January 1922) was a Belgian road racing cyclist, and the founder and President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). He was the son of the founder of Elixir d'Anvers, a famous liquor from the Antwerp region.

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Cycling career

He was the most successful cyclist of the 1880s.

Foundation of UCI

On 14 April 1900, delegates from six associations and five countries assembled in Paris to form the "Union Cycliste Internationale". The delegates were:

  • Emile De Beukelaer for the "Ligue Velocipédique Belge"
  • Frenchman Victor Breyer for the "National Cycling Association" in the United States
  • Alfred Riguelle for the "Union velocipédique de France"
  • Count Villers for the "Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques"
  • Mario Bruzzone representing the "Unione Velocipedistica Italiana"
  • Frenchman Paul Rousseau for the "Union Cycliste Suisse"

    • Paul Rousseau became the Secretary General, while Emile De Beukelaer became the President, and served as such until his death in 1922.

    References

    Emile De Beukelaer Wikipedia
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