Corneille Wellens

Corneille Wellens, known as Cornelis, was a Belgian field hockey player who was born on 14 July 1905 and died on 9 October 1994. He competed at two Olympic Games. At the 1928 Summer Olympics the Belgian field hockey team finished fourth in the tournament and he played all five matches as a back. Eight years later he was part of the Belgian team that was eliminated in the first round of the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he played all three matches. He was the captain of the national team from 1934 to 1936. At national level he played for the clubs La Rasante of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and the Royal Léopold Club of Uccle.