Emile Gosselin
Emile Gosselin (born November 17, 1921 in Leuven ; † March 13, 1982 in Ostend ) was a Belgian track cyclist .
From 1938 to 1941 Emile Gosselin was three times Belgian sprint champion as an amateur and as an "independent" (not a member of any association). In 1941 he became a professional and subsequently won the Belgian sprint championship title seven times, but was overshadowed by his successful compatriot Jef Scherens , who was seven times world champion in this discipline. In 1943 and 1945 Gosselin also won the last two events of the renowned French sprint tournament Grand Prix de l'UVF ; In 1951 he also took second place at the Grand Prix du Roi in Belgium, behind the Australian Sid Patterson , and in 1942 he won the Grand Prix Bordeaux .
In 1956 Gosselin resigned from cycling and opened a restaurant in Ostend, which he ran until his death.
Web links
- Emile Gosselin in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Emile Gosselin on wielersport.slogblog.nl
1894, 1895 Emile Huet | 1898, 1905–1909 Charles Van Den Born | 1899 Louis Grogna | 1900 Claude Leclercq | 1904 Ernest Massart | 1910 Albert Herent | 1911 Hubert Wilmots | 1912, 1914, 1926 Émile Otto | 1913, 1919, 1920 Jozef Van Bever | 1921 Jules Dossche | 1922–1925, 1927–1929 Alois De Graeve | 1930 Jacques Arlet | 1931–1939, 1941, 1942, 1944–1946 Jef Scherens | 1940 Frans Cools | 1943, 1951–1956 Emile Gosselin | 1948 Frans Van Looveren | 1949, 1950 Raymond Pauwels | 1957–1963, 1966 Jos De Bakker | 1964 Leo Sterckx | 1965, 1967–1969 Patrick Sercu | 1970–1974, 1976 Robert Van Lancker | 1975 Raphael Constant | 1981, 1982 Michel Vaarten | 1993–1995 Erik Schoefs | 1997 Mario Ghyselinck | 1998 Luc De Duytsche | 1999 Wim Van Rengen | 2000-2003 Dimitri De Fauw | 2004 Dominique Perissi | 2012 Kim Van Leemput | 2015 Matthias Oseï Vertez | 2016 Robin Venneman | 2017, 2018 Ayrton De Pauw | 2019 Gerald Nys
The sprint championship was not held continuously.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gosselin, Emile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lions |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1982 |
| Place of death | East End |