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Arie van Vliet

Arie van Vliet
Arie van Vliet 1948.jpg
Arie van Vliet in 1948
Personal information
Born (1916-03-18)18 March 1916
Woerden, Netherlands
Died 9 July 2001(2001-07-09) (aged 85)
Woerden, Netherlands
Sport
Sport Cycling
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Berlin 1936 1000m time trial
Silver medal – second place Berlin 1936 Sprint
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1936 Zurich Amateur sprint
Gold medal – first place 1938 Amsterdam Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1948 Amsterdam Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1953 Zurich Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1934 Leipzig Amateur sprint
Silver medal – second place 1935 Brussels Amateur sprint
Silver medal – second place 1937 Copenhagen Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1950 Liege Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1954 Cologne Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1957 Liege Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1946 Zurich Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Copenhagen Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Milan Sprint

Arie van Vliet (18 March 1916 – 9 July 2001) was a Dutch sprint cyclist. Between 1934 and 1957, he won 13 medals at world championships, including four gold medals, and set several world records in sprint events, despite the interruption by World War II. He also won a gold medal in 1000 m time trial and a silver medal in the individual sprint at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. His Olympic sprint race was obstructed by the winner, German cyclist Toni Merkens, who was however not disqualified, but merely fined for 100 German marks.




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