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(Redirected from William Hoorickx) Belgian ice hockey player and painter

Guillaume Hoorickx otherwise Willem Hoorickx (12 April 1900 – 31 October 1983) was a Belgian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics. During World War II, he worked as an agent for Victor Sukolov in the Red Orchestra network. He was imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.

He was also an artist, under the name Bill Orix. A collection of his works is held by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

References

William Hoorickx, EliteProspects.com
Guillaume Hoorickx at Olympedia (archive)
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "William Hoorickx Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
The Rote Kapelle : the CIA's history of Soviet intelligence and espionage networks in Western Europe, 1936-1945. 1986. p. 293. ISBN 9780890932032. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Olympians Who Survived Nazi Concentration Camps". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
Adrian M. Darmon, 2003: Around Jewish Art: A Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, and Photographers. Carnot, p. 269
Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute (ed.): A checklist of Painters (1200–1994). Routledge 2014, p. 235
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Guillaume Hoorickx, dit Bill Orix

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