Gerard Dagobert Hendrik Bosch van Drakestein (24 July 188720 March 1972) was a Dutch
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
who represented his country at three
Summer Olympics
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(1908, 1924 and 1928). He was born in
Mechelen
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, Belgium and died in
The Hague
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, Netherlands.
After having won a bronze at the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
in
Paris
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(2000 m tandem), he won the silver medal four years later in the 1000 m individual time trial, aged 41.
See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ...
References
External links
Dutch Olympic Committee
1887 births
1972 deaths
Dutch male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Jonkheers of the Netherlands
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Mechelen
Cyclists from Antwerp Province
Dutch track cyclists
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
19th-century Dutch people
20th-century Dutch people
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