Jan van Eijden

Jan van Eijden
	Jan van Eijden (2015)
To person
Nickname	Shorter
Date of birth	August 10, 1976
nation	Germany
discipline	Track / BMX
Societies)
2004-2008	RV Dudenhofen 1908
Team (s)
1997-2000	XXL natural gas
Most important successes
	UCI track world championships 2000 - sprint 1995 - team sprint
Team (s) as coach
2008–	Women's National Track Team - Great Britain
	Last updated: April 17, 2020

Van Eijden (left) trying to stand up in a sprint with Darryn Hill (1998)

Jan van Eijden (born August 10, 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler ) is a German cycling trainer and former track cyclist .

Athletic career

Jan van Eijden began his sporting career as a BMX driver. He won his first major title on the track in 1994 when he became Junior World Champion in the 1000-meter time trial . He was twice world champion of the elite, 1995 in the team sprint (together with Michael Hübner and Jens Fiedler ) and 2000 in the track sprint , as well as six times German champion in sprint and team sprint (at that time still "Olympic sprint"). He started for RV Dudenhofen in 1908 and trained on the Dudenhofen cycling track .

In 1999 Jan van Eijden was banned a few days before the home World Cup in Berlin due to increased hematocrit levels . In a long-term test at the University of Freiburg , it turned out that it naturally has an elevated hematocrit value. With a special permit from the World Cycling Federation Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), he was able to start racing again.

In 2000 van Eijden took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney and finished fifth in the sprint and fourth in the keirin. In September 2006 he contested his last race against the Briton Chris Hoy on his home track in Dudenhofen .

Work as a trainer

In 2006 van Eijden resigned as an active player. Shortly afterwards, he became the trainer of the British national track cycling team, where he is responsible for the women's sprint area ^{(as of 2020)} .