Roger Bureau

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRoger Eugène•Bureau
Used nameRoger•Bureau
Born11 February 1905 in Antwerpen (Antwerp), AntwerpenBEL
DiedApril 1945 in Hannover, NiedersachsenGER
AffiliationsCPA — Antwerpen (Antwerp), AntwerpenBEL
NOCBelgiumBEL

Biography

Roger Bureau combined his ice hockey career with speed skating and finished 7th out of 11 starters at the European all-round Championships in 1926 at the age of just sixteen. A few weeks earlier he had made his début for the Belgian national ice hockey team in 5-0 victory over Spain at the European Championships in Chamonix. Bureau had a 14 year international career as a defenseman which only ended with the outbreak of war. While serving with the Allied forces he was arrested near the French-Spanish border on April 21, 1944. He was then held in a German prison camp until April 1945 when he was killed although the exact details of his death remain unknown.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) BEL Roger Bureau
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Belgium =5
1936 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) BEL Roger Bureau
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Belgium =13

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