Emile De Beukelaer

Emile De Beukelaer
	De Beukelaer in 1920
Personal information
Full name	Emile De Beukelaer
Born	27 May 1867
Died	23 January 1922 (aged 54)
Cycling career
Sport	Cycling
Discipline	Road
Role	Individual

Emile De Beukelaer (27 May 1867–23 January 1922) was a Belgian road racing cyclist, and the founder and President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). He was the son of the founder of Elixir d'Anvers, a famous liquor from the Antwerp region.

Career

Cycling career

He was the most successful cyclist of the 1880s.

Foundation of UCI

On 14 April 1900, delegates from six associations and five countries assembled in Paris to form the "Union Cycliste Internationale". The delegates were:

Emile De Beukelaer for the "Ligue Velocipédique Belge"
Frenchman Victor Breyer for the "National Cycling Association" in the United States
Alfred Riguelle for the "Union velocipédique de France"
Count Villers for the "Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques"
Mario Bruzzone representing the "Unione Velocipedistica Italiana"
Frenchman Paul Rousseau for the "Union Cycliste Suisse"

Paul Rousseau became the Secretary General, while Emile De Beukelaer became the President, and served as such until his death in 1922.

References

1 2 "FX de Beukelaer". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
↑ "Cycling and Olympism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

External links

Media related to Emile De Beukelaer at Wikimedia Commons
Emile De Beukelaer at Cycling Archives (archive)

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[liquor-1] 1 2 "FX de Beukelaer". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

[2] "Cycling and Olympism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.