Victor Jacquemin

Belgian sprinter Victor Jacquemin was a seven-time national champion who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres. Between 1907 to 1914 Jacquemin won six Belgian titles in the 400 metres with back-to-back titles in 1907 and 1908 and four consecutive titles from 1911 to 1914. In 1911 he set a Belgian record in the 400 metres that stood until 1935. In 1914 Jacquemin became the national champion in the 200 metres. Later the same year he set a Belgian record in the 200 metres that was not broken until 1923.

Jacquemin ran in the 100 and 400 metres at the 1908 London Olympics. In the 100 metres he finished in second place in his heat, not advancing to the semi-finals, but failed to finish in his heat in the 400 metres. Four years later Jacquemin was scheduled to run in the 200 and 400 metres at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics but did not start either race.

Personal Bests: 100 – 11.2 (1908); 400 – 50.0 (1914).