Harrie Meyers
Harrie Meyers (born December 5, 1879 in Maastricht , † April 14, 1928 there ) was a Dutch cyclist .
Harrie Meyers belonged to the first generation of internationally successful cyclists from the Netherlands. He was the son of a wealthy brewer from Maastricht, at the age of 16 he became a professional and specialized in rail sprinting . In 1897 he was the first Dutch master in this discipline and was able to repeat this success four times - in 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1902.
Meyers made a name for himself internationally with his World Cup placements: At the 1st UCI Track World Championships in 1900 , he finished second in the sprint, and in the tandem race together with Gian Ferdinando Tomaselli world champion. In 1902 he was again second in the sprint. In 1903 he took third place. Meyers also won the sprint classic Grand Prix de Paris twice and came second twice.
Although a sprinter, Harrie Meyers also started in the first six-day race in 1899 in New York's Madison Square Garden , which was held with teams of two .
In the unofficially held tandem race over 2000 meters at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 , Meyers won the gold medal together with Tomaselli. He also won in the sprint for professionals (also unofficially) the “Grand Prix de l'Exposition” competition. The prize was endowed with 15,000 francs ; this was the largest amount advertised for a sprinter race before the First World War .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Die Chronik I , Berlin 1997, p. 107
Web links
- Harrie Meyers in the Radsportseiten.net database
- wielersport.slogblog.nl: "Harrie Meyers" accessed on September 24, 2010 (Dutch)
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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyers, Harrie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maastricht |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1928 |
| Place of death | Maastricht |