Leo Sterckx
Leo Sterckx (born July 16, 1936 in Hulshout ) is a former Belgian track cyclist .
1959 and 1960 Leo Sterckx was Belgian champion in the sprint of amateurs . He started at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 and won the silver medal in the sprint and became vice world champion in Leipzig in the same year , also in the sprint. He also finished second at the Grand Prix de Paris that year. In all three international races he was beaten by the Italian Sante Gaiardoni .
In 1961, Sterckx switched to the professionals . In 1962 and 1963 he won the Grand Prix du Roi sprint tournament in Brussels , was Belgian runner-up in 1963 and Belgian sprint champion in 1964. In 1963 he started his only six-day race and finished third with Willi Altig in Buenos Aires . In 1965 he was again Belgian runner-up in the sprint and then ended his cycling career.
Web links
- Leo Sterckx in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Leo Sterckx in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1894, 1895 Emile Huet | 1898, 1905–1909 Charles Van Den Born | 1899 Louis Grogna | 1900 Claude Leclercq | 1904 Ernest Massart | 1910 Albert Herent | 1911 Hubert Wilmots | 1912, 1914, 1926 Émile Otto | 1913, 1919, 1920 Jozef Van Bever | 1921 Jules Dossche | 1922–1925, 1927–1929 Alois De Graeve | 1930 Jacques Arlet | 1931–1939, 1941, 1942, 1944–1946 Jef Scherens | 1940 Frans Cools | 1943, 1951–1956 Emile Gosselin | 1948 Frans Van Looveren | 1949, 1950 Raymond Pauwels | 1957–1963, 1966 Jos De Bakker | 1964 Leo Sterckx | 1965, 1967–1969 Patrick Sercu | 1970–1974, 1976 Robert Van Lancker | 1975 Raphael Constant | 1981, 1982 Michel Vaarten | 1993–1995 Erik Schoefs | 1997 Mario Ghyselinck | 1998 Luc De Duytsche | 1999 Wim Van Rengen | 2000-2003 Dimitri De Fauw | 2004 Dominique Perissi | 2012 Kim Van Leemput | 2015 Matthias Oseï Vertez | 2016 Robin Venneman | 2017, 2018 Ayrton De Pauw | 2019 Gerald Nys
The sprint championship was not held continuously.
1882 Eole | 1884 Sweron | 1885–1886 De Beukelaer | 1887 Goethals | 1888–1889 Lhoest | 1890 Choisy | 1911 Jean Patou | 1912 van Oerle | 1913 Fowler | 1914–1918, not held in 1920 | 1919 M. DeWolf | 1921, 1923–1924 Gustave Léonard Daghelinckx | 1922 Jean van den Bosch | 1925–1927 Albert de Brunne | 1928–1930 Yves Van Massenhove | 1931, 1933 Evrard Godefroid | 1932 Thomas | 1934 Heusy | 1935 Antoine | 1936 Clooard | 1937 Hendrickx | 1938–1939 Emile Gosselin | 1940, 1941 Joseph Ceuppens | 1942 Jacques Engelen | 1943 Frans Van Looveren | 1944–1945 F. Marqeunie | 1946–1947 Raymond Pauwels | 1948–1949 Eduard Van de Velde | 1950 Pierre Gosselin | 1951 Gentil Saelent | 1952–1956 Joseph De Bakker | 1957 Arnould Flecy | 1958 Auguste Dechesne | 1959–1960 Leo Sterckx | 1961 Valentin Frennet | 1962–1964 Patrick Sercu | 1965 Roland Van Vlierberghe | 1966, 1969 Fred Helssen | 1967–1968 Robert Van Lancker | 1970–1972 Manuel Snellinckx | 1973 Raphael Constant | 1974 Maurice Petry | 1975 Roger Cuypers | 1976–1978 Michel Vaarten | 1979 Patrick Grootvriendt | 1980–1983 Stefan De Craene | 1984–1985 Frank Orban | 1986 Stephan Wernimont | 1987, 1989–1991 Erik Schoefs | 1988 Thierry Pirard | 1992 Dominique Dejose |
The amateur sprint championship was not held continuously and was held for the last time in 1992.
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| SURNAME | Sterckx, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hulshout |