Jacobus van Egmond

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacobus van Egmond (1932)

Jacobus Johannes "Jacques" van Egmond (born February 17, 1908 in Haarlem , North Holland , † January 9, 1969 there ) was a Dutch cyclist . In 1932 he was Olympic champion in the sprint .

The track competitions at the Olympic Games in 1932 were held in front of almost empty stands in the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, which then had a capacity of 85,000 . On August 1, van Egmond competed in the 1000 meter time trial and won silver behind the Australian Edgar Gray . On the same evening, he and Bernard Leene won the tandem race, Leene won this competition in 1928 together with Daniel van Dijk . On August 2, van Egmond won the preliminary and quarter-finals in the track sprint. The semi-finals and the finals in the sprint and tandem races were scheduled for August 3rd. Van Egmond won his semifinals in the sprint, but then did not take part in the tandem semifinals. In the sprint final, Frenchman Louis Chaillot won the first run, van Egmond won the next two runs and became Olympic champion. In 1933 van Egmond became the amateur sprint champion in Paris . From 1931 to 1933 he won the Dutch championship in the amateur sprint.

From 1934 to 1940 Jacobus van Egmond was a professional cyclist , but could not achieve any great success internationally. From 1934 to 1936 he was the Dutch professional sprint champion.

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
  • Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Hervé Dauchy: Mondial Encyclopedie Cyclisme . Volume 3 PZ published in 2000 by the UCI ISBN 90-74128-74-2

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Egmond, Jacobus van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egmond, Jacobus Johannes van (full name); Egmond, Jacques van (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1969
Place of death Haarlem