Jacob "Jaap" Oudkerk (born 2 August 1937) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed in the 4000 m

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at the

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and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth and third place, respectively. He was also active in

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. After winning the

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in the amateurs category in 1964 he turned professional and won three more world championship medals, including a gold in 1969. He was the husband of Marianne Heemskerk, a Dutch Olympic swimmer.

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1937 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in cycling People from Landsmeer Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from North Holland Dutch track cyclists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub

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