Aurèle Vandendriessche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1932

Place of Birth: Anzegem, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: long-distance runner

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Aurèle Vandendriessche (born 4 July 1932) is a retired Belgian marathon runner, who won silver medals at the 1962 and 1966 European Championships.
He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in 1964.
Twice winner of the Boston Marathon (1963 and 1964), he recorded his best time there, 2:17:44 in 1965, while finishing fourth.At the 1960 Olympics, Abebe Bikila, followed barefoot at the rear of the lead pack, which was moving at a scorching pace and included Arthur Keily, Bakir Benaïssa, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam who was the reigning world cross-country champion, Bertie Messitt, the marathon world record holder Sergey Popov, and Vandendriessche.
Bikila won, setting a world record at 2:15:16.2.
After they dispatched the rest of the field by 25 kilometers, Abdesselam stayed with Bikila until the final 500 meters, finishing second at in 2:15:41.6.
Vandendriessche abandoned the race.
He placed seventh at the 1964 Olympics, where Bikila won again with a new worlds record.