Guus Schilling
Gustav "Guus" Schilling (born February 8, 1876 in Amsterdam , † January 16, 1951 there ) was a Dutch track cyclist and cycling trainer.
Guus Schilling won his first race as a junior in 1895 on a cycle track behind the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam ; the prize was a gold watch. He became one of the most successful track cyclists in the Netherlands at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Schilling was a professional from 1898 to 1916, during which time he became the Dutch sprint champion three times and took several podium places. At the UCI track world championships in 1901 he was third in the sprint.
Schilling also started twice in six-day races , and in 1911 he finished third in Berlin together with Maurice Brocco .
After finishing his active cycling career, Guus Schilling became a successful trainer; Sprint world champions Jan Derksen and Arie van Vliet were among his protégés . He received the Olympic Coach Award from the Nederlands Olympisch Comité .
Web links
- Guus Schilling in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902 Harrie Meyers | 1901, 1907, 1910 Guus Schilling | 1903 Jan van de Tuyn | 1904 Jan van Gent | 1906, 1908 JE Fokkinga | 1909, 1912, 1915 Jan Tulleken | 1910 Henk Tamse | 1911 Aria Bouma | 1913, 1914, 1918 John Stol | 1916 Louis François Didier | 1917, 1920–1923, 1927, 1929–1932 Piet Moeskops | 1919, 1926, 1928, 1933 Gerard Leene | 1924 Klaas van Nek | 1925 Piet van Kempen | 1934–1936 Jacobus van Egmond | 1937–1942, 1945–1948, 1950, 1951, 1956 Arie van Vliet | 1943, 1949, 1952–1955, 1957–1963 Jan Derksen | 1964, 1965 Joop Captein | 1966, 1967 Frans Mahn | 1968, 1969 Gerard Koel | 1970–1976 Leijn Loevesijn | 1977 Jan Huisjes | 1978 Jan de Jong | 1980 Theo Smit | 1994 Dirk Jan van Hameren | 1995 Jurgen Denekamp | 1996, 1997 Rene Vink | 1998, 1999 Martin Benjamin | 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 Teun Mulder | 2002–2004, 2006, 2007, 2015 Theo Bos | 2010 Roy van den Berg | 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 Matthijs Büchli | 2013 Hugo Haak | 2016 Jeffrey Hoogland
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schilling, Guus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schilling, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1951 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |