Roger Bureau

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRoger Eugène•Bureau
Used nameRoger•Bureau
Born11 February 1905 in Antwerpen (Antwerp), Antwerpen (BEL)
DiedApril 1945 in Hannover, Niedersachsen (GER)
AffiliationsCPA, Antwerpen (BEL)
NOC Belgium

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 debut 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

Special Notes