Albertus boom

Albertus "Bert" Boom (born May 6, 1938 in Markelo ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

Bert Boom was active as a racing driver from the late 1950s to 1980. His greatest successes were the victory in the amateur - uprights at the 1969 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Brno behind pacemaker Bruno Walrave and his third place finish at the World Cup in 1971 in Varese , behind Joop Stakenburg . Boom drove his last race in 1980 in Zutphen at the age of 42. In the process, he was violently against a competitor and announced to the jury that there was no point in punishing him: "Tomorrow stop ik."

After the end of his active career, Bert Boom first worked as a mechanic for cycling teams and opened his own bike shop, later he became a representative for the companies Gazelle and Shimano . He also worked as a technical assistant to wheelchair basketball players and the blind tandem driver Jan Mulder . As a supervisor for disabled teams, he has already been to the Olympic Games and World Championships.

Albertus Boom is the father of the cyclist Bart Boom . His brothers Hans Boom (* 1955) and Henk Boom were also racing cyclists and both took part in the International Peace Tour .

Web links

• Albertus Boom in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Bert Boom zit niet stil on elshout.nu , accessed on June 25, 2011 (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German sports echo . Berlin May 12, 1977, p. 3 .