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Georges Dejaeghère
Full nameGeorges Auguste Dejaeghère
Born(1879-01-07)7 January 1879
Roubaix, France
Died21 May 1955(1955-05-21) (aged 76)
Mouscron, France
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		France
(1900-1905)
ClubJeunesse du Blanc-Seau, Tourcoing
Medal record
Representing  France
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1903 Antwerp Team
Gold medal – first place 1903 Antwerp Pommel Horse
Gold medal – first place 1905 Bordeaux Team
Gold medal – first place 1905 Bordeaux Pommel Horse

Georges Auguste Dejaeghère (7 January 1879 - 21 May 1955) was a French gymnast. He was a member of Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau in Tourcoing and represented France at international tournaments.[1] He became (retrospective) four time World Champion at the two earliest World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At national level he won many competitions, most notably the 1904 France national championship.

Gymnastics career

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Style

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Georges Dejaeghère has been characterized being a graceful and impeccable gymnast at multiple occasions during the first half of the 1900s.[2] It has also been said that his gymnastics performances are "brilliant" with "craftsmanship".[3]

National-level achievements

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During the early 1900s he won a variety of national level competitions in France. In Mai 1901 he was crowned champion of the "Concours de Bologna-sur-Mer", after winning the excellence division.[4] In August 1901 he won the gymnastics competition in Armentières ahead of Émile Fréteur and Charles Simon.[5] In June 1902 he became champion at a main competition in Lens where 800 gymnasts took part.[6] At the 1903 National Championships in Marseille he finished second with 173 points behind Joseph Martinez.[7]

His biggest achievement at national level was at the 1904 French Gymnastics Championships in May 1904 in Arras, where he won the Carnot prize and became national champion. He scored during this championship the maximal score in the last compulsory high bar event. He won the championships with a two points lead over the number two.[8] It was at the time a notable title as he is in the following three decades indentified as national champion when something was written about him in the newspapers.[9][10]

International achievements

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Dejaeghère[nb 1] competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics where the gymnastics programm only had one event, the individual all-around event and he finished 11th.[12]

Dejaeghère also took part at early era international tournaments. Several decades later, in 1931, these international tournament, are retrospective regarded as official World Gymnastics Championships. The winners of the events and also the people who set the highest score in the individual events are recognized as world champions.[13]

The first gymnastics World Championships took place in 1903 in Antwerp he became (retrospective) two-times world champion. Dejaeghère he set the highest score in the pommel horse discipline together with his compatriot Joseph Lux and Hendricus Thijsen of the Netherlands.[13] With the French national team he won the team event.[14] Overall, he finished individually in fourth place. [15]

The next world championships were the 1905 World Championships in Bordeaux. Als here he became again world champion in the pommel horse event and also in the team event together with Lucien Démanet, Marcel Lalu, Daniel Lavielle, Joseph Martinez and Pierre Payssé. Like at the 1903 championships, he finished individually in fourth place.[16][17]

Other gymnastics activities

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Already during his sporting career he the assistant secretary of Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau in 1903.[18]

After his active gymnastics career he became physical educator and earned the Medaille d'education physique in 1936.[19] He was gymnstics trainer (in French named moniteur) with Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau and being involved in the organisation for the 1927 national competitions.[20] He was vice-president of the committee in 1932.[21] In 1933 he was one of the two jury members at gymnastics competitions together with former world champion Gustave Sandras.[10]

Personal life

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Georges Dejaeghère was born in Roubaix on 7 January 1879.[11] During his adulthood he lived just south of Tourcoing in Wasquehal on rue Carpeax.[22][23] He worked at Vanoutryve establishments from 1892.[23] After receiving the silver Médaille d'honneur du travail [fr] in 1922 for over 30 years of service, he received in 1943 from the Secretary of State for Labor the silver-gilt Médaille d'honneur du travail [fr] for over 50 years of service.[22][23]

He died north of Tourcoing in Mouscron on 21 May 1954 at the age of 76.[24]

Awards

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  • 1936: - Medaille d'education physique (silver)[19]

Notes

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  1. ^ Name as Nicolas Dejaeghère has been indicated by some sources, but this is not correct per contemporary sources.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Georges Dejaeghère". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "TOURCOING". L'Avenir de Roubaix-Tourcoing (in French). 1 January 1905. p. 223 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France and Bulletin Mensuel. M. Georges Dejaeghère, champion de France 1904, est toujours le gymnaste gracieux impeccable qui nous connaissons. [Mr. Georges Dejaeghère, French champion in 1904, is still the graceful, impeccable gymnast we know.]
  3. ^ "Tourcoing". Bulletin mensuel (in French). 10 August 1904. p. 107 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France and Bulletin Mensuel. MM. Georges Dejaeghère, champion de France 1904 Henri Dejaeghère, Lecompte et atures ont enthousasmé les spectateurs par leur brio et le fini de leur travail; ils ont recolte une ample moisson de bravos. [Messrs. Georges Dejaeghère, French champion 1904, Henri Dejaeghère, Lecompte and Atures enthralled the spectators with their brilliance and the finish of their work; they reaped a generous harvest of applause.]
  4. ^ "Réception de sociétes". Le Grand écho du Nord de la France (in French). 30 May 1901 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. Le Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau s'est vu également decerner un prix couronné en division d'excellence l'un des membres, Geroges Dejaeghere, classé la premier, a été proclaimé champion. [The Blanc-Seau Youth also received a crowned prize in the excellence division. One of its members, Georges Dejaeghere, ranked first, was proclaimed champion.]
  5. ^ "Armentières | La fete-councours de gymnastique" (in French). 20 August 1901 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  6. ^ "Blanc-Seau | Les Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau" (in French). 21 June 1902 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. Nous donnons ci-dessous les superbes résultats obtenus par la section du concours de cette société, au councours de Lens et auquel ont pris part huit cents gymnastes. Classement du travail artistique individual. 1er prix, champion du concours, M. Georges Dejaeghère [Below we give the superb results obtained by the competition section of this society, at the competition in Lens and in which eight hundred gymnasts took part. Ranking of individual artistic work. 1st prize, champion of the competition, Mr. Georges Dejaeghère]
  7. ^ "Fétés Fédérales" (in French). 3 May 1903 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  8. ^ "XXXe Fete Federale - Arras - 21, 22, 23 Mai 1904 | Le Gongrès - Le Concours - La Fete". Bulletin Mensuel (in French). 10 June 1904. p. 77-83 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. Georges Dejeaghére, de la Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau, passer a son dernier appareil - barre fixe imposee - et enlever un superbe maximum qui lui assure le titre de Champion de France avec deux points d'avance sur le second... ...Le prix Carnot est attribué a Georges Dejaeghère de la Jeunesse du Blanc-Seao [Georges Dejeaghére, of Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau, moved on to his last apparatus - the compulsory high bar - and achieved a superb maximum which secured him the title of French Champion with a two-point lead over the second-place finisher... ...The Carnot Prize is awarded to Georges Dejaeghère of the Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau]
  9. ^ "Federation des societes de gymnastique de Roubaix, Tourcoing, Lannoy et leurs cantons". La Croix du Nord (in French). 20 March 1931 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  10. ^ a b "Le dernier concours d'hiver de la Féderation de Sociétés de gymnastique de Roubaix-Tourcoing-Lannoy et leurs cantons". L'Écho du Nord (in French). 12 February 1933 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  11. ^ a b "Georges Dejaeghère". Olympedia (in French). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  12. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicolas Dejaeghère Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  13. ^ a b Van de Vooren, Jurryt (2023-09-27). "Henricus Thijsen uit Amsterdam heeft nooit geweten dat hij in 1903 wereldkampioen turnen was". Sportgeschiedenis.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  14. ^ "Fete Fédérale Belge". Bulletin Mensuel (in French). 2 September 1903 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. Le tournoi international a été gagné par l'équipe francaise dont faisaient partie Georges Dejaeghère de la Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau, et Jules Lecontre de l'Union Tourquennoise. [The international tournament was won by the French team, which included Georges Dejaeghère of Jeunesse du Blanc-Seau and Jules Lecontre of l'Union Tourquennoise.]
  15. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 61.
  16. ^ History.com, Gymnastics. "1905: The World Championships That Almost Didn't Happen". Gymnastics-History.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  17. ^ The Story Goes On: 125 Ans/Years Federation Internationale Gymnastique 1881-2006 (PDF) (in French and English). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 61.
  18. ^ "Gymnastique | A Roubaix". Le Monde (in French). 10 November 1903 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  19. ^ a b "Médaille d'Education Physique". L'Écho du Nord (in French). 7 May 1936 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  20. ^ "Comité d'organisation de councours". Bulletin mensuel (in French). 1 April 1927. p. 43-47 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  21. ^ "Fédération des sociétés de gymnastique des cantons de Roubaix, Tourcoing et Lannoy". Bulletin mensuel (in French). 1 August 1932. p. 22 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  22. ^ a b c "Réception de sociétes". Le Grand écho du Nord de la France (in French). 22 September 1922 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  23. ^ a b c d "Les Médailles d'honneur du travail". Le Réveil du Nord (in French). 1 May 1943 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. Le Esecrétaire d'Etat au Travail vient d'adresser a la Mairie de Wasquehal, les diplomes de Médailles d'honneur du Travail décernées a des vieux travailleurs. M. Geroges Dejaeghère, 133. rue Carpeaux, qui compte plus de 50 années de services aux Etablissements Vanoutryve... ...ont droit au rappel de la Médaille de Vermeil [The Secretary of State for Labor has presented the Labor Medal of Honor certificates awarded to veteran workers to Wasquehal Town Hall. Mr. Georges Dejaeghère, of 133 rue Carpeaux, who has over 50 years of service to the Vanoutryve Establishments... ...are entitled to the recall of the Vermeil Medal]
  24. ^ "Relevé généalogique". Filae (in French). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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