Robert Protin
Robert Protin (born November 10, 1872 in Liège , † November 4, 1953 ) was a Belgian cyclist .
Robert Protin was a track sprinter and a pioneer of cycling. He was internationally active from 1891 to 1899. He was the first Belgian cyclist to win a world championship, namely that of the sprinter in Cologne in 1895 . In addition, he was European champion in various disciplines and Belgian champion several times. He won numerous great prizes and on June 23, 1895 set a world record over 500 meters.
In the same year Protin took part in the Grand Prix du Roi on the Velodrome of Longchamp and crossed the finish line at the same time with his two competitors at the time. The jury wanted to have the race repeated, but the Belgian King Leopold II decided that all three drivers should receive the same award from him.
After finishing his sports career, Protin became an entrepreneur. He was one of the co-founders of the RFC Liège football club .
literature
- René Jacobs, Hector Mahau et al .: Velo Gotha , Brussels 1984
- Hans Borowik , 300 racing drivers in one volume , Berlin 1937
Web links
- Robert Protin in the Radsportseiten.net database
- RFC Liege
1895 Robert Protin | 1896 Paul Bourillon | 1897 Willy Arend | 1898 George A. Banker | 1899 Major Taylor | 1900 Edmond Jacquelin | 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1911 Thorvald Ellegaard | 1904 Iver Lawson | 1905 Gabriel Poulain | 1907, 1910 Émile Friol | 1909 Victor Dupré | 1912 Frank Kramer | 1913 Walter Rütt | 1914–1919 not held | 1920 Robert Spears | 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926 Piet Moeskops | 1925 Ernst Kaufmann | 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 Lucien Michard | 1931 Willy Falck Hansen | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1947 Jef Scherens | 1938, 1948, 1953 Arie van Vliet | 1939–1945 final or World Cup not held | 1946, 1957 Jan Derksen | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954 Reg Harris | 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 Antonio Maspes | 1958 Michel Rousseau | 1963 Sante Gaiardoni | 1965, 1966, 1968 Giuseppe Beghetto | 1967, 1969 Patrick Sercu | 1970 Gordon Johnson | 1971 Leijn Loevesijn | 1972, 1973 Robert Van Lancker | 1974 Peder Pedersen | 1975, 1976 John Nicholson | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Kōichi Nakano | 1987 Nobuyuki Tawara | 1988 Stephen Pate | 1989 Claudio Golinelli | 1990, 1992 Michael Huebner | 1993 Gary Neiwand | 1994 Marty Nothstein | 1995 Darryn Hill | 1996, 1997, 1998 Florian Rousseau | 1999, 2003 Laurent Gané | 2000 Jan van Eijden | 2001 Arnaud Tournant | 2002 Sean Eadie | 2004, 2006, 2007 Theo Bos | 2005 René Wolff | 2008 Chris Hoy | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 Grégory Baugé | 2011, 2016 Jason Kenny | 2013 Stefan Bötticher | 2014 François Pervis | 2017 Denis Dmitriev | 2018 Matthew Glaetzer | 2019, 2020 Harrie Lavreysen
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Protin, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1953 |
| Place of death | Liege , Belgium |