Charles Cumont

{{short description|Belgian military officer and modern pentathlete (1902–1990)}}

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| birth_name = Charles Paul de Cumont

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| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

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Baron Charles Paul de Cumont (31 May 1902 – 9 June 1990){{cite web|title=Charles Paul de Cumont|url=https://genealogie.deprelledelanieppe.be/individual.php?pid=I322|website=genealogie.deprelledelanieppe.be|accessdate=14 September 2017|language=French}} was a Belgian general, and served as chairman of the Belgian joint chiefs of staff between 1959 and 1963, and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1962 to 1963 and again in 1964 to 1968.[http://www.nato.int/cv/milcom/chair.htm Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee.] NATO. Retrieved 19 December 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205220318|title = North Atlantic Treaty Organisation}} He was also a modern pentathlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/charles-cumont-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/charles-cumont-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Charles Cumont Olympic Results |accessdate=2012-06-17 |work=sports-reference.com}} He finished in 35th equal place with Josef Schejbal.{{Cite web|title=Modern Pentathlon - Charles Cumont (Belgium)|url=https://www.the-sports.org/charles-cumont-modern-pentathlon-spf393226.html|access-date=2021-12-14|website=www.the-sports.org}}{{Cite web|title=Charles P. CUMONT|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/charles-p-cumont|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Olympics.com}}