Willy Druyts ( Eeklo , April 20 1930 - Antwerp , November 12 2010 ) was a Belgian hammer thrower and shot putter . Druyts qualified in 1954 for the European Athletics Championships in Bern . However, with a throw of 47.44 m, it is not lost in the finals of the hammer throw. He was thirteen years a member of the Belgian atletiekploeg. He was affiliated with Beerschot Athletics . He died from the effects of cancer. Druyts is the father of singer Natalia .