Antoine Dresse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian tennis player (1902-1998)
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Place of Birth: Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
About Antoine Dresse
- Antoine Dresse (1902-1998) was a Belgian deaf sport activist and the co-founder of the Comite International des Sports des Sourds (renamed as International Committee of Sports for the Deaf), which is the world governing body of deaf sports.
- Antoine Dresse has also represented Belgium at the Deaflympics from 1924 to 1939.
- Dresse competed for Belgium in tennis and in the track events.
- Antoine served as the first founding secretary-general of the CISS (now called as ICSD) from 1924-1967.
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