Oscar Dessomville

{{short description|Belgian rower}}

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| birth_name = Oscar Charles Dessomville

| birth_date = 19 August 1876

| birth_place = Ghent, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|8|30|1876|8|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Ghent, Belgium

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| height = 175 cm

| weight = 78 kg

| sport = Rowing

| club = Royal Club Nautique de Gand

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{BEL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1900 Paris|Eight}}

{{MedalSilver| 1908 London|Eight}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1900 Paris | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalGold | 1900 Paris | Coxed four }}

{{MedalGold | 1900 Paris | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1901 Zürich | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1902 Strasbourg | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalBronze | 1902 Strasbourg | Coxed four }}

{{MedalGold | 1902 Strasbourg | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1906 Pallanza | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1907 Strasbourg | Eight }}

{{MedalSilver | 1908 Lucerne | Coxed four }}

{{MedalGold | 1908 Lucerne | Eight }}

{{MedalSilver | 1909 Paris | Coxed four }}

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Oscar Charles Dessomville (19 August 1876 – 30 August 1938) was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/35675 |title=Oscar Dessomville |publisher=Olympedia |accessdate=9 October 2021}}

In both 1900 and 1908 he was the only one with Rodolphe Poma, who was coxswain in 1900,{{cite web |url=https://www.rowing.be/index.php/nl/internationaal/olympische-organisaties |title=Olympische organisaties |accessdate=9 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://docplayer.nl/156599664-Lijst-van-de-belgische-olympische-roeiers.html |title=Lijst van Belgische Olympische roeiers |accessdate=9 October 2021}} who was both two times part of the Belgian boat Royal Club Nautique de Gand, which won the silver medal in the men's eight.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Oscar de Somville |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/oscar-de-somville-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/oscar-de-somville-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 4 August 2018 }}