Johannes Hendrikus "Jan" Jansen (born 26 February 1945) is a former

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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 ...

. He was born in Basdorf.Basdorf is a village in the municipality of Vöhl in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany He is a brother of

Harrie Jansen Harrie Jansen (born 25 January 1947) is a former Dutch racing cyclist. He was born in Amsterdam and is a brother of Jan Jansen. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he finished 24th in the road race. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This ...

. At the

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he won a silver medal in the 2000 metres tandem race, and finished fifth at the sprint race.

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