Sjefke Janssen
Dutch racing cyclist (1919–2014)
Sjefke Janssen (October 28, 1919 – December 3, 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships.
 Sjefke Janssen (left) together with Jan Nolten (right) | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sjefke Janssen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1919 Elsloo, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 December 2014 (aged 95) Elsloo, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Janssen was a professional cyclist from 1946 through 1954.[1] After retiring, he became a cycling team-manager and owned a bicycle shop in Elsloo.[2]
He was born and died in Elsloo.[3] At the time of his death, Janssen was the oldest living Dutch Tour de France racer.[2]
He was the father of Dutch Olympic team dressage coach Sjef Janssen.
Palmarès
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Netherlands Independent Road Race Champion- 1946 - Bloc Centauro
- 1947 - Magneet
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
World Road Race Championship- 32nd, Tour de France
- 1948 - Magneet, Garin-Wolber
- 36th, Tour de France
- 1949 - Magneet
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 5th, Tour de Luxembourg
- 1950 - RIH, Terrot, Magneet
- 1st, Stage 2, Saarland Rundfahrt
- 3rd, National Road Race Championship
- 1951 - Ceylon, Prisma
- 1952 - Express, Venz
- 1953 - Locomotief
- 8th, Züri-Metzgete
- 1954 - Locomotief
References
change- ↑ Oud-wielrenner Sjef Janssen overleden - AD (in Dutch)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oud-renner Sjef Janssen (95) overleden Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine - KNWU (Dutch cycling association) (in Dutch)
- ↑ "Oud-wielrenner 'Sjefke' Janssen (95) overleden" (in Dutch). NOS. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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