Antoine Mazairac
Antonius Hendrikus "Antoine" Mazairac (born May 24, 1901 in Roosendaal , † September 1, 1966 in Dortmund ) was a Dutch cyclist and world champion aviator from 1929.
Antoine Mazairac only found cycling at the age of 16, when he was still a schoolboy and watched the races on the “Raayberg” cycle track in Bergen op Zoom . In 1921 he was the first Dutch pilot on the track . He was able to repeat this success five times as an amateur. Internationally, Mazairac was twice vice world champion and once world championship third. He also won the silver medal over 1000 meters at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam .
In 1929 Mazairac fell so badly that he wanted to give up cycling. He then started for the last time in world championships and was able to win the title.
After completing his career, Mazairac began an apprenticeship in a garage in Antwerp , where he cycled the 40-kilometer route from Bergen op Zoom every day. For several years he worked in administration in his home parish. Since this job wasn't what he was looking for, he later started his own garage in his hometown.
Mazairac had a serious crash at the age of 65 in a “gentleman race” in Dortmund and died as a result.
Web links
- Antoine Mazairac in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Antoine Mazairac in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 40/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 2 .
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SURNAME | Mazairac, Antoine |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mazairac, Antonius (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roosendaal , Netherlands |
DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1966 |
Place of death | Dortmund , Germany |