Alex Servais
Alexandre Louis "Alex" Servais (born March 2, 1896 in Luxembourg, died December 17, 1949 in Leysin) - a Luxembourg athlete, sprinter and spearman. Participant of the 1920 Olympics. At the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 he took part in the 100-meter run, javelin throw, as well as in the relay 4 × 100 meters (in the team together with Jean Proes, Jean Colbach and Paul Hammer). In the 100 m race he took the fifth, last place in his qualifying run and did not advance to the quarterfinals. In the javelin throw competition, he threw 40.08 m in the qualification, not reaching the final and finished the competition on the 21st place. In the semi-final relay race he and his team took second place with 44.4 seconds, which promoted to the final, in which the team from Luxembourg took the last, 6th place with time of 43.6 seconds. The competitor was also the national flagship of Luxembourg during the opening ceremony of the games. wiki