Joris Harteveld

Joris Harteveld

To person
Full name	Joris Michael Harteveld
Date of birth	2nd July 1968
nation	Namibia
discipline	Road cycling
Most important successes
Namibian Road Championships 2010 : Namibia - road race

Joris Michael Harteveld (born July 2, 1968 in Gobabis ) is a Namibian racing cyclist .

Joris Harteveld has been a competitive cyclist since 2008. In 2010 he was Namibian champion in the road race and finished in the individual time trial in second place. In the same year he won the overall classification of the Windhoek Pedal Power Time Trial and Hill Climb . In 2012 he finished seventh in the national championship.

Harteveld was 42 years old when he became national champion. He started cycling because he was diagnosed with diabetes in 1996 . As a result, he changed his lifestyle and started exercising. He explained that he wanted to prove to other people with chronic illnesses with his sporting successes that sport can improve the individual quality of life. He himself was able to reduce his insulin intake by 38 percent. His then 13-year-old daughter noted the development of his values ​​and won a prize at her school for this project. Harteveld works as a financial advisor.

Web links

• Joris Harteveld in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Man bewys diabetes never doodsvonnis. Republikein, July 19, 2010, accessed March 15, 2014 (Afrikaans).