Lode Wouters

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

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| birth_place = Kwaadmechelen, Belgium

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| death_place = Geel, Belgium

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1948 London | Team road race }}

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Lode Alphonse Wouters (27 May 1929 – 25 March 2014) was a Belgian cyclist. He was born in Kwaadmechelen, Belgium.{{cite news |url=http://www.gva.be/sport/wielrennen/aid1560196/ex-wielrenner-en-olympisch-medaillewinnaar-louis-wouters-overleden.aspx |title=Ex-wielrenner en olympisch medaillewinnaar Louis Wouters overleden |publisher=Gazet van Antwerpen |language=Dutch |accessdate=29 March 2014}} He competed for Belgium in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the individual road race event where he finished in third place.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Lode Wouters |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/lode-wouters-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001845/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/lode-wouters-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=29 March 2014}} He also led the Belgian team of Léon Delathouwer and Eugène van Roosbroeck to the gold medal in the team road race. He died in March 2014 in Geel.

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