Arie van Houwelingen

Arie van Houwelingen

Arie van Houwelingen on the Chemnitz Velodrome on the 50th anniversary of the 1960 World Cup
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Date of birth	November 28, 1931
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Train , road
End of career	1961
Last updated: November 25, 2019

Arie van Houwelingen (born November 28, 1931 in Boskoop ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

Athletic career

Van Houwelingen (center) as permanent world champion in 1959

Arie van Houwelingen was a specialist in standing races . In this discipline, the protégé of the permanent world champion Cor Blekemolen became world champion of the amateurs in 1959 . The year before, he had already taken third place in the World Cup. He was also runner-up three times in the Dutch stay championships.

In the year of his World Cup victory, Arie van Houwelingen was voted “ Sportsman of the Year ” in the Netherlands .

successes

1958

• Amateur World Championship - Standing Race (behind Johannes van Rooy )

1959

• Amateur World Champion - Standing Race (behind Frits Wiersma )

Web links

• Arie van Houwelingen in the Radsportseiten.net database