Philippe Van Volckxsom

{{short description|Belgian sportsperson}}

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|image=Philippe Van Volckxsom 1913.jpg

|caption=Van Volckxsom in 1913

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1897|5|1|df=y}}

|birth_place= Brussels, Belgium

|death_date = {{death date and age|1938|12|20|1897|5|1|df=y}}

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|sport=Speed skating, ice hockey, rowing

|event=

|pb= 500 m – 56.4 (1924)
1500 m – 3:14.6 (1924)

|club= CPB Brussels

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| show-medals = yes

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Philippe Van Volckxsom (1 May 1897 – 20 December 1939)Obituary, Le Soir, 22 December 1939 was a Belgian athlete who competed at the 1920 and 1928 Summer Olympics and at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98556 |title=Philippe Van Volckxsom |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 August 2021}} Recorded as being deployed as both a forward and a defenceman,[https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/355060/philippe-van-volckxsom Philippe van Volckxsom], EliteProspects.com he finished fifth and seventh with the Belgian ice hockey team in 1920 and 1924, respectively, and in 1924 he also took part in speed skating events. In 1928 he competed in rowing, together with the fellow ice hockey player Carlos Van den Driessche, but failed to reach the final of the coxless pairs event.