Bart Zoet

Bart Zoet (1964)

Hubertus Balthazar "Bart" Zoet (born October 20, 1942 in Sassenheim ; † May 13, 1992 ibid) was a Dutch cyclist and Olympic champion.

As an amateur , Bart Zoet won numerous domestic races, including the Eight van Chaam . In 1964 he won the gold medal in the team time trial at the Olympic Games in Tokyo together with Jan Pieterse , Evert Dolman and Gerben Karstens . In the Olympic road race , he was classified 20th.

From 1965 to 1970 Zoet was a professional, but could not establish himself, although he was considered a great talent, which was particularly respected by his cycling colleagues. His greatest successes were in 1966 and 1967 in each case third place in the Dutch championship in the single pursuit on the track .

Zoet died of a heart attack in 1992 at the age of 49. Loneliness, bitterness and alcohol are assumed to be the reason. In 2002 a book about his life was published: Het Zure Leven van Bart Zoet (Dutch = The sour life of Bart Zoet ) by Gijs Zandbergen

Web links

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Bart Zoet in the Radsportseiten.net database

Bart Zoet in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Het Zure Leven Van Bart Zoet. In: wielersportboeken.nl. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English).
↑ The book title plays with the fact that Zoet is the Dutch word for sweet .

personal data
SURNAME	Zoet, beard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zoet, Hubertus Balthazar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch cyclist and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	October 20, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sassenheim
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 1992
Place of death	Sassenheim

[wielersp-762-1] Het Zure Leven Van Bart Zoet. In: wielersportboeken.nl. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English).

[2] The book title plays with the fact that Zoet is the Dutch word for sweet .