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| Nickname | Zefatty | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1931 Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 April 2025 (aged 94) Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Jozef Jef Mewis (23 March 1931 – 10 April 2025) was a Belgian wrestler. He was an Olympic silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1956. He also competed at the 1952, 1960 and 1964 Olympics.[1] Mewis died in April 2025 at the age of 94.[2] At his death, he remained the last Belgian wrestler to have won an Olympic medal in freestyle wrestling.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jef Mewis". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ↑ "Al in 1956 bracht Jef Mewis olympisch zilver naar Antwerpen". Gazet Van Antwerpen. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ↑ "Overlijden van Joseph Mewis, Belgische worstelaar en zilveren medaillewinnaar in Melbourne 1956" [Death of Joseph Mewis, Belgian wrestler and silver medalist in Melbourne 1956] (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Joseph Mewis at the International Wrestling Database
- Joseph Mewis at Olympedia
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