Dan Craven
Dan Craven at the Tour de l'Ain 2014 | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | February 1, 1983 |
nation | Namibia |
Societies) | |
2018 | Embrace the World |
Team (s) | |
2005–2009 2009–2011 2012–2013 2014 (until June 1st) 2014 (from June 2nd) 2015 2016 2017- |
Rapha Condor Team IG-Sigma Sport Synergy Baku Cycling Project Bike Aid-Ride for Help Team Europcar Team Europcar Cycling Academy Team Israel Cycling Academy |
Most important successes | |
Namibian champions - road races 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016 African champions - road races 2008 overall ranking Tour du Cameroun 2014 UCI Africa Tour 2009 Tour du Sénégal 2018
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Last updated: November 17, 2019 |
Dan Craven (born February 1, 1983 in Otjiwarongo , South West Africa ) is a Namibian cyclist .
Life
Dan Craven grew up in the northern heartland of Namibia and studied political science , philosophy and economics at the University of Stellenbosch in neighboring South Africa . The 1.84 meter tall athlete was part of the Namibian national team for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics , but ended each race early. At that time he was part of the IG-Sigma Sport team. He had previously been a driver for the Rapha Condor team since 2009 . At the beginning of 2014 he briefly belonged to the German team Bike Aid-Ride for Help . From 2014 to 2016 he drove for the French team Europcar and moved to the Israeli team Cycling Academy in 2016 .
Dan Craven is the grandson of Danie Craven , a well-known South African rugby player and coach .
Craven has been Namibian road cycling champion several times, winning the Tour du Cameroun in 2014 and the Tour du Sénégal in 2018 .
successes
- 2006
- Namibian champion - road race
- African Championship - Road Race
- 2007
- Nedbank Cycle Classic
- Namibian Cycle Classic
- 2008
- Namibian champion - road race
- African Championship - Individual Time Trial
- African champions - road races
- Nedbank Cycle Classic
- 2009
- 2010
- a stage FBD Insurance Rás
- one stage Tour of Rwanda
- African Championship - Road Race
- 2011
- Nedbank Cycle Classic
- a stage Vuelta a León
- 2013
- 2014
- Overall ranking Tour du Cameroun
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour du Sénégal
- Nedbank Cycle Classic
- 2019
- Nedbank Cycle Classic
- 2020
Web links
- official homepage
- Dan Craven in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Dan Craven in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Dan Craven in the IOC database
- Dan Craven on the sides of sports network Strava (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ German team signs Craven. Allgemeine Zeitung, January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Craven, Dan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Otjiwarongo , Namibia |