Guus Scheffer
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August "Guus" Scheffer (November 24, 1898 – November 1, 1952) was a Dutch
weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
and in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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He was born and died in Haarlem
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In 1924 he finished seventh in the lightweight class
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Four years later he won the bronze medal in the middleweight class of the 1928 Games.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
and in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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He was born and died in Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
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In 1924 he finished seventh in the lightweight class
Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's 67.5 kg
The men's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 67.5 kilograms...
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Four years later he won the bronze medal in the middleweight class of the 1928 Games.