Nicolaas Moerloos

Nicolaas Moerloos (10 August 1900 – 5 September 1944) was a Belgian gymnast and weightlifter who competed in the 1920 and the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sint-Niklaas and died in Belsele. In 1920 he won the silver medal as a member of the Belgian gymnastics team in the European system event. Four years later he finished twelfth in the featherweight weightlifting competition at the 1924 Games.^[1]

Nicolaas Moerloos
Moerloos c. 1920
Personal information
Born	(1900-08-10)10 August 1900
Died	5 September 1944(1944-09-05) (aged 44)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Belgium
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Team, European system

He was killed during World War II, as a resistant in an encounter with Germans towards the end of the war.^[2]