Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen | |
Fullname: | Eugenius Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1879 |
Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Sport: | Fencing |
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G. C. E. van Nieuwenhuizen or Eugenius Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen (3 September 1879 - 16 January 1957) was a Dutch fencer.[1] He competed in the individual masters épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[2] He was invited in April 1902 by the "Société d'escrime pour l'épée" to compete at teachers championships in Paris.[1] At the 1902 fencing councours in Paris he won 100 francs and finished outside the top eight.[3] [4] [5]
Van Nieuwenhuizen had the military rank of sergeant major. He was teacher of fencing and gymnastics at the "Normaal Schietschool" in The Hague.[6]