Jan Pijnenburg
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| Full name | Johannes Baptist Nobertus Pijnenburg | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1906 Tilburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 December 1979 (aged 73) Tilburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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Johannes "Jan" Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg (15 February 1906 – 2 December 1979) was a Dutch track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal as part of the Dutch pursuit team.[1] After the Olympics he turned professional and won six-day races in Dortmund (1931, 1932), Berlin (1931), Amsterdam (1932, 1933), Brussels (1932–1934), Paris (1932, 1934), Chicago (1932), Frankfurt (1933), Stuttgart (1933), Antwerp (1934, 1937), Rotterdam (1936) and Copenhagen (1936).[2]
Honored by several people, retired in September 1940.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Pijnenburg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Jan Pijnenburg". CyclingArchives.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant". Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's Courant (in Dutch). 9 September 1940.
External links
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Media related to Jan Pijnenburg at Wikimedia Commons- Jan Pijnenburg at Olympedia
- Johannes Pijnenburg at databaseOlympics.com Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Johannes Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg at Olympics.com
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