Robert Van Lancker

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Robert Van Lancker Road cycling
Robert Van Lancker (r.) With Daniel Goens (1967)
Robert Van Lancker (r.) With Daniel Goens (1967)
To person
Date of birth December 11, 1946
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Train (short term)
End of career 1976
Most important successes
Olympic games
1968 bronze - tandem
UCI track world championships
1972, 1973 World Champion - Sprint
Last updated: January 19, 2019

Robert Van Lancker , actually Vanlancker , (born December 11, 1946 in Grâce-Berleur ) is a former Belgian cyclist and two-time sprint world champion .

Athletic career

In 1966 Robert Van Lancker was third in the Belgian championship in the amateur sprint. The following year he became Belgian tandem champions together with Daniel Goens . The two were able to repeat this success a year later. The successful pairing Van Lancker / Goens became vice world champions in tandem at the UCI track world championships in Rome in 1968 , after having finished third at the world championships in Amsterdam the year before . In the same year, the couple won the bronze medal in tandem at the Olympic Games in Mexico City .

After the Olympic Games, Robert Van Lancker joined the pros and in 1969 was runner-up in the sprint world championship in front of a home crowd in Antwerp . After winning several national titles in sprint and tandem, he became world champion in sprint in Leicester in 1972 . He was able to repeat this success the following year at the World Championships in San Sebastian . Due to a lack of contract offers, he resigned from cycling in 1976. He became a soccer player at RFC Montegnée .

After the sport

After finishing his cycling career , Van Lancker, who had moved to the Brussels region , bought shares in a tire center. He then worked as a mechanic for the Benelux headquarters of a major car brand. When this company closed, he moved to the maintenance department of the sports complex in Molenbeek . In an interview from 2004 he complained that he had achieved his success in a "bad era" of track cycling in Europe. These were not noticed and recognized at the time, which is why he could not benefit financially from them.

successes

1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1976
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion - sprint

Web links

Commons : Robert Van Lancker  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Daniel Conraads: Robert Van Lancker, sprinter de la mauvaise époque. In: lesoir.be. August 24, 2004, accessed January 19, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ A b Rob Hoogland, Robert Van Lancker nu spits van Montegnee , De Telegraaf, 23 October 1976
personal data
SURNAME Van Lancker, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vanlancker, Robert (correct spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Grace-Berleur