René Kos

René Kos
	René Kos (2017)
To person
Date of birth	17th October 1955 (age 64)
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Railway (endurance) / road
End of career	1986
doping
1980	Substance unknown
Most important successes
	Standing World Championships 1981 ;
	Last updated: June 6, 2020

René Kos (born October 17, 1955 in Langedijk ) is a former Dutch track cyclist and permanent world champion.

Athletic career

In 1980 René Kos was second at the World Staying Championships in Besançon and second at the Dutch Staying Championships; However, a few weeks later he had to give back his World Cup medal for doping . The following year, 1981 , he won the world championship title behind Bruno Walrave in Brno and was also the Dutch stay-up champion; he won this national title three times in the following years. At the Standing World Championships in 1983 , Kos again took second place. He also started in 28 six-day races, his best placing was a third place in 1984 in Buenos Aires with the Belgian Willy De Bosscher .

Trainer and sports director

In 2002 and 2003 René Kos was the coach of the Dutch junior road drivers. He is also active as a race organizer and pacemaker . Afterwards Kos worked for the cycling team "Koga-CreditForce-Ubbink Track Cycling Team" as the sporting director , in which his two sons Patrick and Christian were also active.

In 2009 he was supposed to look after the Iranian rail team in preparation for the 2010 Asian Games , but this obligation did not materialize due to the uncertain security situation.