Thijs van Oers

Thijs van Oers
To person
Date of birth	February 9, 1900
date of death	5th February 1990
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Road cycling
Most important successes
	Dutch road champion 1933

Matthijs "Thijs" van Oers (born February 9, 1900 in Lage Zwaluwe ; † February 5, 1990 in Langeweg ) was a Dutch cyclist .

In 1932 Thijs van Oers became Dutch runner-up in road racing . The following year he won the title. He also won the first edition of the Eight van Chaam in 1933 . At the UCI Road World Championships in Leipzig in 1934 , he finished eighth.

Thijs van Oers was the father of Antoon van Oers, who won the Eight van Chaam in 1950. He died a few days before his 90th birthday.

Web links

Thijs van Oers in the Radsportseiten.net database

Remarks

↑ Other sources also give Langeweg as the place of birth; the two places are only nine kilometers apart.

personal data
SURNAME	Oers, Thijs van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oers, Mathijs van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Location Zwaluwe
DATE OF DEATH	5th February 1990
Place of death	Long gone

[1] Other sources also give Langeweg as the place of birth; the two places are only nine kilometers apart.