Johannes "Jan" Marinus Plantaz (3 December 1930 – 10 February 1974) was a

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and

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 ...

from the

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. He competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in the road race (individual and team events) and 4 km team pursuit and finished in 22nd, 5th and 8th place, respectively. He won a bronze medal in the road race at the

1951 UCI Road World Championships The 1951 UCI Road World Championships took place on 2 September in Varese, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Medite ...

. He died from a heart attack during training.

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Dutch Olympic Committee
1930 births 1974 deaths Dutch track cyclists Dutch male cyclists Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands People from Geldrop UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people {{netherlands-cycling-bio-stub

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