Joseph Pletincx Explained

Birth Date:	13 June 1888
Birth Place:	Saint-Gilles
Death Date:	1971 (aged approximately 83)
Sport:	Water polo

Joseph Pletincx^[1] (1888  - 1971) was a Belgian water polo player.^[2] He competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920, and 1924 Summer Olympics and won three silver and one bronze medals, becoming one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.^[3]

See also

• Belgium men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. the IOC medal database reports his name Pletincx, many other sources, also Belgians, spell his name with k
2. Web site: Joseph Pletincx . Olympedia . 12 April 2021.
3. Web site: Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200428225707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/ . 28 April 2020 .