 Pijnenburg c. 1930 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Johannes Baptist Nobertus Pijnenburg | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1906-02-15)15 February 1906 Tilburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 December 1979(1979-12-02) (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. 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).
Honored by several people, retired in September 1940.
See also
References
- 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.
- "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant". Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's Courant (in Dutch). 9 September 1940.
External links
Media related to Jan Pijnenburg at Wikimedia Commons- Jan Pijnenburg at Olympedia (archive)
- Johannes Pijnenburg at databaseOlympics.com Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Johannes Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg at Olympics.com
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