Annie Jelles

Dutch road cyclist

Johanna Maria "Annie" Jelles (born 1941) is a Dutch road cyclist from Amsterdam. [1][2]

She competed at the 1959 UCI Road World Championships, in the women's road race event. That was the first time that the Dutch governing body KNWU sent female athletes to the World Championships*.[3]

As of 2020 she is still cycling and lives in Scharwoude

References change

  1. "ANNIE JELLES wil een groot coureur worden". www.delpher.nl.
  2. "...pas twee dagen". De Telegraaf. 1959-03-10.
  3. "Nooit uitgefietst: Annie Jelles (79) stond aan de wieg van Nederlands vrouwenwielrennen". .nhnieuws.nl.