Guillaume Hoorickx

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGuillaume•Hoorickx
Used nameGuillaume•Hoorickx
Other namesWilliam Hoorickx, Bill Orix
Born12 April 1900 in Antwerpen (Antwerp), Antwerpen (BEL)
Died31 October 1983 in Paris XIVe, Paris (FRA)
AffiliationsCPA, Antwerpen (BEL)
NOC Belgium

Biography

Guillaume Hoorickx played ice hockey for Belgium at the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics. Little is known of his hockey career, as there are records only of the 1927/28 season when he played with Antwerpen CPA as a center. During World War II Hoorickx and his wife, Caroline, were part of the Red Orchestra, a Belgian resistance group, with Caroline assisting the Sukolov Group as a courier. Guillaume eventually became a prisoner at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria, although he survived.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) BEL Guillaume Hoorickx
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Belgium =5

Special Notes